ATP roundup: Tommy Paul, Marcos Giron win in straight sets to advance to Dallas Open final

On Saturday, American No. 2 seed Tommy Paul and countryman Marcos Giron both swept their way to the final of the Dallas Open in Texas.

Giron defeated French fourth seed Adrian Mannarino 6-1, 6-3, and Paul defeated American third seed Ben Shelton 6-2, 6-4.

Giron never trailed Mannarino, who posted five aces and two double faults, in large part because he won 24 of 28 first-service points. Giron had twice as many winners as Mannarino (24-12).

Meanwhile, Paul saved all three break points and won 27 of 37 first serve points. He fell behind 2-1 in the first set, but won the next five games and coasted from there.

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Second-seeded Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov rallied from an early deficit to defeat Russian third seed Karen Khachanov 6-7 (3), 6-4, 7-6 (5) in the semifinals at Marseille, France.

Dimitrov finished with 19 aces and saved four out of six break points. He fell behind 6-5 in the third set but rallied to force a tiebreaker, where he trailed 4-2 before coming back to win and advance to the final.

In the other semifinal, Ugo Humbert of France, the fourth seed, defeated No. 1 seed Hubert Hurkacz of Poland, 6-4, 6-4.

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