He fought, but was defeated by Jarry and was eliminated in its quarter-final stage Masters of Rome The Stefanos Tsitsipas.
In a very lopsided encounter that lasted more than 2.5 hours, the Greek tennis player took the lead but then paid for his mistakes, knowing the defeat by 2-1 sets (6-3, 5-7, 4-6) and exclusion from the continuation of the tournament.
This was Jari’s fourth win in his six meetings with Tsitsipas, and he will face world number 16 Tommy Paul in the semi-finals.
The match started with Tsitsipas taking advantage of his serve and breaking for 3-1, while he also won the fifth game of the first set, taking a “safety margin” (4-1). In fact, he had a chance to make it 5-1, but Jari came back from four break points to reduce it to 4-2, with Tsitsipas being superior, taking the first set with 6-3.
Jari came in determined to fight back at the start of the second set, squandering two break points and with Stefanos leveling at 1-1, the two opponents then went hand-in-hand until 3-3. At that point in the match, Tsitsipas missed three opportunities to break and eventually saw the Chilean lead 4-3, before finally leveling the set at 1-1, breaking the Greek’s serve for 7-5.
The third and deciding set began with Tsitsipas breaking for 2-1, but the Chilean answered immediately, leveling with a break of his own at 2-2, after which neither managed to break away until and the 4-4. Jari took advantage of his serve to go 5-4 ahead, with Stefanos serving and erasing his opponent’s three match points, before finally succumbing.
The sets: 6-3, 5-7, 4-6
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