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In an impressive semi-final at Roland Garros, Stefanos Tsitsipas faced world number one, the great Novak Djokovic, and rallied from 2-0 to finally lose 3-2 after four hours of play.
In the first two sets, Novak Djokovic won 6-3 and 6-2. There began the counterattack of Tsitsipas, who took the third set 7-5, while managing to equal the sets at 2-2, winning the fourth set 6-4.
In the decisive fifth set, Tsitsipas went ahead, however the Serbian made his own counterattack, reaching 6-1, with the Greek tennis player showing signs of exhaustion at the end.
Novak Djokovic will face ground record holder Rafa Nadal in the tournament final on Sunday. Nadal has 12 “cups” in the historic tournament that is the first to enter the “Open” in 1968.
However, despite his defeat, Stefanos Tsitsipas won 425,250 euros, while the winner of the match, Novak Djokovic, won 850,500 euros as pirze money.
According to atptour, Stefanos has earned $ 11,650,067 in his career so far and is only 22 years old. He is currently ranked No. 6 in the world, having won 5 Grand Slam tournaments. In 2020 he has earned $ 1,211,242.
Overall, Roland Garros amounts are down 30% this year from 2019 for both male and female winners and finalists, but the money remains.
The winner in 2019 received 2,300,000 euros, while in 2020 they will put 1,600,000 in his pocket.
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