Madrid Open Quarterfinals LIVE: Stefanos Tsitsipas overcame a serious examination from Andrey Rublev at the Madrid Open on Friday, clinching a 6-3, 2-6, 6-4 victory in the Spanish capital to reach a 10th ATP Masters 1000 semi-final. He will face either Alexander Zverev or Felix Auger Aliassime in the semifinals of Saturday. Follow InsideSport.IN for more updates.
Madrid Open Quarterfinals LIVE: Stefanos Tsitsipas defeats Andrey Rublev in three sets to enter Madrid Open Semifinals
FLYING into the semifinals
🇬🇷 @steftsitsipas dominates a topsy-turvy match over Rublev (6-3, 2-6, 6-4) to book his place in the last four.
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Tsitsipas lifted his second Masters 1000 title at the Monte-Carlo Masters in April and the 23-year-old looks to have maintained that form as he chases a second title of the season. Unlike his relatively straightforward opening victories in Madrid over Lucas Pouille and Grigor Dimitrov, however, the fourth seed’s meeting with Rublev was a see-saw affair in which both players enjoyed spells of domination.
“He was really applying a lot of force into the strokes, and it wasn’t easy predicting what was going to come next,” said Tsitsipas after fending off two Rublev break points in the final game to clinch the win. “But I’m very glad with the way things ended.
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“It’s never easy playing him, and I really had to survive that last game with my best strength and give out my soul, pretty much, to finish it in such a good way.”
Tsitsipas came out firing on serve and took the first set courtesy of a break in the second game of the match. The Greek dropped just six points on serve behind his delivery in the set but was aided by a slow start from Rublev, who showed his frustration as he struggled to land his trademark booming groundstrokes.
Rublev however found a way to reset and he found his groove to storm back into the match in spectacular style. He broke Tsitsipas twice to take the game into the deciding set. An even encounter seemed destined for a deciding tie-break until Tsitsipas produced a high-class return game to break in the ninth game of the third set before serving out for victory.
Madrid Open Quarterfinals LIVE: Stefanos Tsitsipas defeats Andrey Rublev in three sets to enter Madrid Open Semifinals
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