Before starting the tournament in Antwerp, given the criticism he was receiving for his poor streak of results, he was clear. “I’m training more than ever,” said the Greek. And now he’s responding to everything he knows: playing tennis and winning. He Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas, first seed, won in two sets against German Yannick Hanfmann, fifth, and reached semifinals of the Antwerp tournament, the first since last July, when they won the Los Cabos tournament.
He then achieved the tenth title of his career, the first and only one so far in 2023. Also a finalist this year at the Australian Open and the Barcelona tournament, the Athenian player, ranked seventh in the world, took one hour and eleven minutes to defeat Hanfmann in the double 6-3which he already won at Wimbledon in 2017 but with whom he fell a few months ago, at the Mallorca tournament.
Tsitsipas will face the winner of the match between Frenchman Arthur Fils in the semifinalsfourth seed, and Peruvian Juan Pablo Varillas, eighth.
There are candidates on the other side of the table. Kazakh Alexander Bublik, third seed, who defeated Frenchman Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard in three sets (6-4, 4-6 and 6-2) will play German Maximilian Martener who ousted Frenchman Hugo Gaston 6-3 and 6 -2.
Source: La Verdad
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