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Tsitsipas showed great passion for one of the greatest tennis players of all time and showed that future in the sport is own of.
With the serve to Djokovic, the Greek champion came in strongly in the first game of the first set, leading 40-0, but due to effortless errors he lost both the opportunities he had to make the break, but also the third draw, with Serbian to calmly “respond” and win the first game after a 7 minute “battle”.
The way you lost the first game affected the concentration of Tsitsipas, resulting in easily losing the next two (in six minutes), getting just one point.
The 22-year-old champion reacted in the fourth game and it was lowered to 3-1, but Djokovic “kept” his serve in the next game, increasing his lead to 4-1.
The Greek Ace reduced back to 4-2, losing just one point in the sixth game, but in the next he missed a double chance to “break” Djokovic’s serve, who kept his distance, reaching 5-2.
Starting the eighth game from service, Tsitsipas again reduced to 5-3, but immediately after, although he led the Serbian to a 0-40 draw, finally failed to break and lost the first set 6-3.
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In the second set, the departure of the Greek champion was very good. He won the first match without losing a point, but in the second he again lost a double break point due to his own mistakes, with the result that the match ended Djokovic.
Tsitsipas returned to take the lead maintaining his service, the Serbian put the 2-2 somewhere there started to … blur the mind and the blows of the 22-year-old champion, who lost two of his matches 40-0 and Djokovic reached 6-2 with clear “executions.”
In the third set lasting 57 minutes, Tsitsipas seemed to regain her composure. and with very good “hits” he won the first game, but then again lost the opportunity to “break” Djokovic’s serve, although he reached 15-40 in break-points (the eighth lost so far).
Six service games won by both sides followed, leading to 4-4, but in the ninth the Serbian champion made great defenses at Tsitsipas’ service, leading him to make mistakes, resulting in the break and he led for the first time on set with 5. -4.
Djokovic entered the next match to “end” the match, “reacted” to the 0-15 of the Greek champion, but Tsitsipas did not … give up. He went ahead again with 30-40 and after wasting another double break point (0/10) – “knocking down” in the middle the first game-bowl of the Serbian – he achieved with … 11th, making a break at half-time and stayed “alive” in the fight.
With psychology elevated now, Tsitsipas made it 5-6 and at the most decisive point he endured Djokovic’s attacks and reached a double break point, after two terrible rallies, which led him to a second break and to win the set 5-7.
In the fourth set, “Tsitsifast” entered with lousy mood and got the first two games, making a break in the second. Djokovic responded with a break to break and another winning game in which he served and tied 2-2. This was followed by another thrilling match which was judged after a draw and two “overtime” by Tsitsipas on equal number of Djokovic leads.
The rival of the Greek champion drew again at 3-3 and in the seventh and most exciting game Tsitsipas kept his serve, and after losing the lead three times in the tie.
Djokovic’s 4-4 followed, with fatigue starting to pay off for both athletes, but in the ninth game, Tsitsipas did his … miracle again. Despite the fact that Djokovic had taken the lead again twice after a draw, he made it to 4-5. And immediately afterwards he took the set, tying the match 2-2, with four consecutive points and a fantastic break in Djokovic’s serve, at the time that A Serb had taken a 40-15 lead.
The fifth set started as … completed. With games “suspense novel»That he was tried after to draw and Tsitsipas to keep their serve at the end, making it 1-0. The Serbian tied at his own game and made the break in the third, showing a much clearer mind in his executions. Djokovic regained his psychology and prevailed in the fourth game (3-1), then made a break of the second series against the Greek champion, who began to lose his composure towards the end (4-1).
The 33-year-old Serbian also won the sixth game (5-1) and despite Tsitsipas’ attempt to launch a final counterattack in the seventh game, with all the strength he had left, Djokovic “turned off” the two advantages of the Greek ace and reached the third consecutive break and the great victory that takes him to the final Sunday. .
