Tsitsipas Battles Into Rotterdam Quarter-finals
Muhammad Rameez Published March 04, 2021 | 10:08 PM
Stefanos Tsitsipas had to dig deep to edge out Poland's Hubert Hurkacz on Thursday in three sets to set up a quarter-final against Karen Khachanov in Rotterdam
Rotterdam, Netherlands, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 4th Mar, 2021 ) :Stefanos Tsitsipas had to dig deep to edge out Poland's Hubert Hurkacz on Thursday in three sets to set up a quarter-final against Karen Khachanov in Rotterdam.
The Greek second seed dropped the second set but won in a tight decider on his third match point, securing a 6-4, 4-6, 7-5 victory.
The 22-year-old Greek, who beat Rafael Nadal en route to the Australian Open semi-finals last month, will face Russia's Khachanov on Friday for a semi-final spot.
Tsitsipas, playing his first ATP Tour event since losing to Daniil Medvedev in the semis in Melbourne, clinched the opening set by breaking to love in the 10th game.
He was pushed all the way by the impressive Hurkacz, but despite squandering a match point in game 10 of the third set, he sealed a last-eight spot two games later.
The world number six is the favourite for the title, after the early exits of top seed Medvedev and Alexander Zverev in the Netherlands.
Earlier on Thursday, Zverev's conqueror Alexander Bublik lost 6-7 (5/7), 6-3, 6-1 to American Tommy Paul.
Frenchman Jeremy Chardy ended David Goffin's hopes of back-to-back ATP titles with a 7-6 (7/3), 7-6 (7/5) win.
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