the greek Stefanos Tsitsipasworld number 4 and top seed, qualified this Friday for the semifinals of the men’s tennis tournament in Rotterdam by beating the Australian 6-4, 6-4 Alex De Minaur (34º).
Tsitsipas (23 years old) returns to the competition this week after being a semi-finalist in late January at the Australian Open.
His rival on Saturday in the semifinals will be the Czech Jiri Lehecka (137th), who beat the promising Italian on Friday Lorenzo Musetti (63rd) by 6-3, 1-6 and 7-5. Lehecka will play her first semifinal on the ATP circuit.
He’s on a winning streak. He is a young talent, who can play very good tennis. I will have to be prepared because it is never easy to face a player for the first time. The preparation for that match is going to be very important,” said Tsitsipas, who lost in the semifinals in Rotterdam last year.
In the other part of the table, the forecasts were fulfilled and Russian Andrey Rublev (7th) and Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime (9th) won their quarterfinal matches and they were summoned to meet in the semifinals.
The tournament Rotterdam ATP is disputed indoors on hard surface and is endowed with 1 million 350 thousand euros (1 million 550 thousand dollars) in prizes.
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