A place in his semi-finals Los Campos closed o Stefanos Tsitsipas beating Aleksandar Kovacevic 7-6(1), 6-3 in 1 hour 39 minutes.
The Greek tennis player, who is in number 11 in the world rankinglost the first three games to the American (No. 100) but then found a rhythm and booked an appointment in the semi-final that will take place in the early hours of Saturday with Kasper Ruud (Norway, No. 12).
If “Steph” wins the tournament in Mexico again this year, then he will return after a week’s break to the Top 10 of the world ranking and climb to No.9.
In the other semi-final, the Australian Jordan Thompson (2-1 Alex Mickelsen) will duel with the winner of the match between Sasha Zverev and Thanasis Kokkinakis.
“It was an excellent match, we both played high level tennisTsitsipas said in his statements to the court. “I have to congratulate him because he pushed me to my limits. I’m happy with the way it turned out. It was good to start the tiebreak strong, I got a lot of confidence from that. I handled the second set very well. I immediately took advantage of my break opportunity and then managed to hold my serve with the crowd on my side“, he added.
About the semi-final with Casper Rudd, he said: “He is one of the greatest opponents out there. My plan is to be well prepared and treat it like any other match».
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