[ad_1]
- Last year’s winner Stefanos Tsitsipas (ATP 6) wins the ATP Finals in London against Andrej Rublew (ATP 8) in 3 sets with 6: 1, 4: 6 and 7: 6 (8: 6).
- This means that the Greek can secure the ticket to the semifinals against Rafael Nadal (ATP 2) on Thursday.
- Dominic Thiem (ATP 3) is already in the semifinals and brought Nadal to his knees in two sets at the highest level.
Suddenly, it got dramatic: Andrej Rublew had just won a match point against last year’s winner, Stefanos Tsitsipas, after an inspiring play on his own serve in the third-set tie-break and then that: the Russian committed. a double error and brought his Greek opponent back into the game.
Tsitsipas accepted this gift immediately. The world number 6 scored the next two points, won the match and thus maintained the possibility of reaching the semi-finals. Rublew definitely won’t progress after 2 losses.
He still has a chance of reaching the semi-finals
Stefanos Tsitsipas.
Keystone
Unilateral start
In the first set, Tsitsipas had run over his Russian opponent with his strength and precise attack balls. The world number 6 managed a breakout on the first try and then Tsitsipas never left doubts about the outcome of the pass. After 19 minutes (!) And just one game for Rublew, the opening set was history. An extremely one-sided affair.
After that, Rublew improved and was able to improve especially with service. Thus began the climber of the year (Rublew has already won 5 tournaments) to increasingly dictate the rallies and forced Tsitsipas with his forehand on defense. The Russian world number 8 made the set compensation perfect thanks to a break in the score of 5: 4.
In the deciding set, the two played at the same level for a long time, until Rublew made the fateful double mistake.
So it goes
The second group matches “Tokyo 1970” are on Wednesday. At 3 pm Alexander Zverev wants to avoid the anticipated end against the debutant Diego Schwartzman, starting at 9 pm there will be a duel between the Serbian world number 1, Novak Djokovic, and Daniil Medwedew. You can follow both games live on SRF Zwei and SRF Sport app.
