Stefanos Tsitsipas Marseille streak ends while Medvedev stops Sinner

Stefanos Tsitsipas streak ends in Marseille as Daniil Medvedev stops Sinner

Stefanos Tsitsipas sees his successful streak in Marseille come to an finish after dropping to Pierre-Hugues Herbert while Daniil Medvedev ousts Jannik Sinner to succeed in the semi-finals.

Two-time defending Stefanos Tsitsipas was on a 9 match successful streak coming into the quarter-final, although the World No 93 brought on an enormous upset to win 6-7(6), 6-4, 6-2 and earn his first ever High 5 win.

“I didn’t know this was the primary High 5 that I beat,” stated Herbert, who has now received each of his matches in opposition to the Greek.

“It has been an unbelievable week for me to date, particularly this match. I knew I used to be going to should play a tremendous match to have an opportunity to win and I managed to try this. I’m so blissful to be within the semifinals right here.”

World No 5 Tsitsipas, who had received his final 18 units in Marseille, admitted he performed nowhere close to his greatest stage in opposition to Herbert.

“I didn’t need to win at this time,” stated Tsitsipas. “He confirmed a fantastic high quality out on the courtroom to persevere and win that match. Very nicely earned. Too dangerous for me.”

Herbert, who’s extra identified for his expertise on the doubles courtroom, will tackle compatriot Ugo Humbert within the semi-finals, who dispatched Arthur Rinderknech 4-6, 7-5, 7-6(4) to succeed in his first semi-final in 2021.

Herbert stated: “There may be going to be French within the ultimate. I’m blissful about that and I hope it’s going to be me.”

Daniil Medvedev, who will transfer to World No 2 on Monday, continued his spectacular type with a crushing victory over the promising Italian Jannik Sinner 6-2, 6-4.

He stated: “It will likely be my first time right here within the semifinals in Marseille, even whether it is my fourth time taking part in right here and third time in the primary draw. I’m actually blissful about it. Hopefully, I can go additional.

“Jannik all the time tries to hit the ball as laborious as he can,” the Russian added. “You can’t give him simple balls, in any other case you will run in every single place and he’s in all probability going to hit a winner. I wanted to take time from him. I must be aggressive and it labored out very nicely at this time.”

Medvedev will now tackle the 287th-ranked qualifier Matthew Ebden, who upset Karen Khachanov in three units.