Ferrer, Sock set up last-4 duel
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Four-time champion David Ferrer kept alive one ritual and American Jack Sock tried starting another at Auckland’s ASB Classic yesterday.
Top seed Ferrer reached the semifinals for the 6th time by beating Lukas Rosol 6-3, 6-4, and advanced to play Sock.
American Sock upset 4th-seeded Kevin Anderson 1-6, 6-4, 6-4, and began a new post-match ritual by removing one sock and handing it to a fan.
“We were talking about it in the warm-up today,” The 26th-ranked Sock said. “Jo (Wilfried Tsonga) has got his thing and a few players have their thing, and with such a unique last name that I have we figured I might start a new tradition and give a sock away if I win.”
Second-seeded Tsonga advanced to the semis, but only after a struggle with No. 6-seeded Fabio Fognini. Tsonga won 7-5, 7-6 (4) in a match which turned on single points in the late stages of both sets.
Tsonga will next play 8th-seeded Roberto Bautista Agut, who beat two-time champion John Isner 7-5, 2-6, 6-3.
Rain interrupted and then suspended play at the Hobart International and the Sydney International, where Grigor Dimitrov was leading Alexandr Dolgopolov of Ukraine 4-6, 6-3, 4-2 after interruptions.
Top-seeded Simona Halep led Svetlana Kuznetsova 5-4 in their semifinal, while Monica Puig of Puerto Rico led Belinda Bencic of Switzerland 4-0.
At Hobart, Mona Barthel withdrew from her scheduled quarterfinal against Alize Cornet with a back injury, handing Cornet a walkover.
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