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TORONTO — Alejandro Davidovich Fokina is through to the semifinals at the men’s National Bank Open after posting a 6-4, 6-2 win over American Mackenzie McDonald on Friday.

The opportunistic Spaniard converted five of his nine break-point chances to pull away in the second set and win on his third match point.

McDonald advanced to his first ever Masters 1000 quarterfinal with a win over Milos Raonic of Thornhill, Ont., on Thursday.

Davidovich Fokina will next play the winner of a quarterfinal between second seed Daniil Medvedev of Russia and Australia’s Alex de Minaur.

In Friday’s other semifinals, top-ranked Carlos Alcaraz of Spain was set to face American 12th seed Tommy Paul and seventh seed Jannik Sinner of Italy was due to play French veteran Gael Monfils.