The Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas lost this Friday, in the quarterfinals of the tournament Gstaad (Switzerland), in Italian Fabio Fognini 6-4 and 6-3 after sixty-eight minutes of play, and met in the semifinals with the Italian Matteo Berrettini.
In the first set he took a 3-1 lead after breaking his opponent’s serve. The Greek gave up his serve at one point, allowing Fognini to level the score in a period where each player asserted his serve, until Tsitsipas managed to close out the set with another break for 6-4.
In the second, Tsitsipas was more confident on serve (80% of games won on his serve, 4/5) and broke his opponent’s serve twice, which was enough for him to close out the rivalry with his in favor of the first ball of the match he played.
His opponent in the semifinals was the Italian Matteo Berretini, who in the last quarterfinal match eliminated the Canadian Félix Auger-Aliassime in a match that was resolved in two tiebreakers by 7-6 (7) and 7-6 (2). . They will be the third semifinals of the Transalapine tennis player’s course.
Tsitsipas and Berrettini have met four times, always with the Greek winning, the last of them last year in the semifinals of the United Cup.
On the other side of the draw, the second semifinal will be played by German Jan-Lennard Struff and French Quentin Halys, who defeated Argentine Tomás Etcheverry and Brazilian Gustavo Heide in the quarterfinals.
Source: La Verdad
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