At Roland-Garros,
Dominated by Andrey Rublev in the final of the Hamburg tournament ten days ago, the Greek took a resounding revenge, this Wednesday in the quarterfinals (7-5, 6-2, 6-3), to rally the last Carré Porte d'Auteuil, for the first time in his career.
Like his opponent of the day, the Greek had won in pain, his first match in five sets, by raising the handicap of two sets against him.
Since then, he has not let go a round and he delivered his best game of the tournament on Wednesday.
Rublev made the best start, breaking 2-2.
But when serving for the set at 5-4, the Russian stuck and the Greek freed himself by making four consecutive games.
“I have felt very comfortable on this court (Philippe-Chatrier) since the start of the tournament.
I didn't start the game well and I had a break behind, but I remembered what fighter I was.
I started to return better, I made fewer unforced errors and I was more aggressive.
For his part, he made a few mistakes.
I started to move better on the court.
I put my brain in motion and I found the solution to fulfill this difficult mission ”.
The seeded 5 effectively flew over the debates thereafter, taking the service of his opponent three more times.
In this one-sided game, Tsitsipas made an almost perfect copy, closing the game with 35 winning strokes for 17 unforced errors.
While the Russian had only 35% success at the net, the Greek shone on the fly with 93% of points won!
"I was skipping school to watch the games, that's how much I love this tournament."
Stefanos Tsitsipas
The winner of the Masters 2019 finds the last four of a Major after the Australian Open 2019. He remained on disappointing performances in Grand Slam in 2020 (3rd round in Melbourne as well as at the US Open) and n ' had never gone beyond the knockout stages at Porte d'Auteuil.
“Roland-Garros is a tournament that I have watched since I was little.
I was skipping school to watch the games, which is how much I love this tournament.
Because at the time nobody in Greece missed school to watch tennis.
I remember particularly enjoying the Clément-Santoro match, an epic fight in five sets. ”
The 6th in the world impressed this Wednesday.
"I am hoping for something spectacular."
His future opponent (Carreno Busta or Djokovic) in the semifinals is warned.
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