Overview
- Top seed Alex de Minaur beat Stan Wawrinka 6-4, 6-2, then edged Botic van de Zandschulp 3-6, 7-6 (7-4), 7-5 to book a Rotterdam semifinal against Ugo Humbert.
- Wawrinka received an on-court tribute and delivered a thank-you speech after his loss to de Minaur, marking his last match at the event in his farewell season.
- Earlier in the week, Wawrinka defeated 17-year-old Thijs Boogaard 6-3, 6-4 in the second-largest age-gap match in ATP Tour and Grand Slam history.
- The Rotterdam victory over Boogaard has earned ranking points projected to return Wawrinka to the ATP Top 100 when standings update.
- De Minaur, a runner-up in Rotterdam the past two years, continues a strong run at the ATP 500 event with Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner absent from the field.