Miomir Kecmanovic was the only player who managed to play his quarterfinal match on Thursday. He comfortably defeated Marton Fucsovics 6-2, 6-0 to reach semifinals. As the quarterfinals continue in Doha, top-seeded players Wawrinka and Rublev will be trying to handle this difficult position.
Pierre-Hugues Herbert will be facing Rublev and Aljaz Bedene will take on Stan Wawrinka. Qualifier Corentin Moutet, who defeated 4th seeded Raonic, will be playing against Fernando Verdasco.
After that, the winner of the match between Herbert and Rublev will take on Kecmanovic. And the winners from the matches between Moutet and Verdasco and Wawrinka and Bedene will face each other.