Home favourite Alexander Zverev shrugged off a mystery illness at Halle on Friday to battle past Italian Fabio Cobolli and progress to the last four of the Wimbledon warm-up.

Home favourite Alexander Zverev has reached the semi-finals of the ATP tournament in Halle with a victory against Flavio Cobolli on Friday. Zverev prevailed 6-4, 7-8 (8-6) and will now face third seed Daniil Medvedev on Saturday.

Alexander Zverev's quest for a first grasscourt title took an unexpected turn at the Halle Open on Friday when the German second seed was forced to sprint from court to vomit mid-match before rallying to defeat Italy's Flavio Cobolli 6-4 7-6(8).