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    On Friday, May 3, Taylor Fritz will battle Andrey Rublev in the semifinals of the Mutua Madrid Open. This isn’t a matchup that you might have expected when first looking at the draw, as this half of the bracket featured Alexander Zverev and Carlos Alcaraz. But this semifinal match has more starpower than the other, where Felix Auger-Aliassime and Jiri Lehecka are playing for the other spot in the final. That only adds to the intrigue of this match, as the winner here will be favored in the...

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