Tsitsipas, another favorite in the quarterfinals with authority

Stefanos Tsitsipas24 years old and world number 5, maintains the authoritative tone of favorites in Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell-70th Conde de Godó Trophy and reached the quarterfinals at the Canadian’s expense Denis Shapovalov28th in the ranking: 6-3 and 6-2 in 77 minutes.

Rock solid 🧗‍♂️

Two-time finalist @steftsitsipas outlasted Shapovalov 6-3, 6-2 to meet de Minaur in the quarter-finals @bcnopenbs | #BCNOpenBS pic.twitter.com/wEHAzi6Ls0

— ATP Tour (@atptour) April 20, 2023

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The Greek, the second seed of the tournament, will look for a place in the semifinals on Friday against Alex De Minaur (19th), a tennis player whose scale was completely taken: eight wins in eight games, giving only three sets. The Australian advanced to the round without playing due to the Bulgarian’s withdrawal due to illness Grigor Dimitrov.

Tsitsipas reached the quarterfinals in Barcelona for the fourth time in five appearances, the city where he made his international debut when he reached the 2018 final aged just 19. Rafael Nadal strip him of the title, just like in the decisive fight in 2021. Carlos Alcaraz he went down last year in the quarterfinals.

Stefanos played and lost in January in the final of australia tomorrow against Novak Djokovicbut since then some discomfort in his arm has conditioned his performance, as he himself said last week after losing in the quarterfinals of Monte Carlo Masters 1,000 in the view of taylor fritz.

The Greek player was cautious about his chances with Godó, but his first two games were firmly resolved, against the Argentine Pedro Cachin (6-4, 6-2) and Shapovalov, far from his best version, especially in serving: 12 double faults and a low 46% first serve rate made things easy for Tsitsipas.