He was injured early in the game, but was undeterred and cleaned up Zverev o Tsitsipas (2-0 set)!
The Greek champion played excellent tennis throughout the match and by being very focused and cool when needed, he booked his place in the quarter-finals of the Paris Masters.
There, she will face him Karen Khachanov (No. 15), who earlier prevailed 2-1 set with a reversal of Roman Shafiulin.
The Greek champion came into the game strongly and after taking the first game, immediately broke for 2-0! However, during the third set, he stepped badly on the court and appeared to be struggling knee problem, resulting in him taking a medical time out.
Nevertheless, he continued normally and despite the fact that he received a break in the 8th game, with Zverev making it 5-4, Tsitsipas sent the game to a tie-break. There, he was cooler than the German tennis player and reached 7-6 for the 1-0 in the sets!
Tsitsipas entered the second set in the same way, immediately doing so break for 1-0. The game then went smoothly, with the players defending his serve very easily. In the 9th game and with the score at 5-3, “Steph” went to take the game with a new break, with Zverev “saving” two break points and reduce to 5-4. However, Tsitsipas served perfectly in the next game and reached 6-4 2-0 set, taking a great win!
The sets (2-0): 7-5 {7-5}, 6-4.
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