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Casper Ruud's run at a third straight Geneva Open title ended in a 3-6, 7-6 (2), 7-5 loss to Nicols Jarry in the quarter-finals on Thursday.
The top-seeded Ruud had his serve broken at 5-5 in the third set after the 54th-ranked Chilean fired two powerful forehand winners.
Jarry's serve held up after wasting an earlier break that forced a 4-3 lead, and took his second match-point chance with an overhead smash winner.
Ruud now heads early to the French Open where he is seeded No. 4 when play starts Sunday.
The 24-year-old Norwegian won the warm-up event at Geneva in 2021 and last year, when he also reached the final at Roland Garros before losing to Rafael Nadal.
Jarry earned a rematch in the semi-finals on Friday of the 2019 final at Geneva he lost to Alexander Zverev.
Zverev had an easy passage through his quarter-finals match, the third-seeded German leading 4-1 in the first set when 59th-ranked Wu Yibing of China retired with an injury.
While Ruud dropped his career record at Geneva to 9-1, Zverev is still unbeaten with a 6-0 mark at the lakeside park venue.
Second-seeded Taylor Fritz and fourth-seeded Grigor Dimitrov will meet in the other semi-final.