France, Aug. 15 -- French qualifier Terence Atmane continued his spectacular run at the Cincinnati Masters on Friday with a straights sets dismissal of the seventh seed Holger Rune. The 23-year-old, who had to play three matches in the qualifying tournament to reach the 96-man main draw, won 6-2, 6-3.

He will take on the top seed Jannik Sinner on Saturday after the Italian breezed through his quarter-final against Felix Auger-Aliassime 6-0, 6-2.

"I don't have the words to describe what's happened to me," said Atmane whose surge to the last four will propel him nearly 70 places up the ATP world rankings to 70th and guarantee him prize money of €300,000.

"It is going to help me a lot with my career. It's very important," added Atma...