5 seed Sebastian Korda rallied to reach the Astana Open final and will battle No. Korda outlasted Serbia's Hamad Medjedovic 6-7 (8), 7-6 (2), 7-6 (3) in 2 hours and 49 minutes during Monday's first semifinal. Korda (18 aces) and Medjedovic (16) both held serve throughout the match, with the American finishing with a 122-112 edge in total points won. Standing in the way of Korda's second ATP title is Mannarino, a three-time tour winner who converted all four of his break points and breezed to a 6-4, 6-2 win against Austria's Sebastian Ofner on Monday. 1 Carlos Alcaraz of Spain advanced to the semifinals in Beijing with a 6-4, 6-2 win against seventh-seeded Casper Ruud of Denmark.

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Persons: Sebastian Korda, Adrian Mannarino of, Korda, Serbia's Hamad, Monday's, Austria's Sebastian Ofner, Carlos Alcaraz, Casper Ruud of Denmark, Alcaraz, Italy, Bulgaria's Grigor Dimitrov, Daniil Medvedev, Alexander Zverev, Zverev, Chile's Nicolas Jarry Organizations: Astana, ., Russia, Thomson Locations: Adrian Mannarino of France, Kazakhstan, Spain, Beijing, Germany