Stefanos Tsitsipas suffers an edema injury vs. Djokovic, could skip Vienna and Paris

After a powerful comeback within the first match in opposition to Jaume Munar, Stefanos Tsitsipas grew to become the youngest Roland Garros semi-finalist since 2009! The younger Greek misplaced a good Hamburg remaining to Andrey Rublev two weeks in the past, serving for the victory however getting the runner-up prize ultimately.

Touring to Paris, Stefanos needed to dig deep in that first match, passing the harmful impediment and discovering his A-game in opposition to Pablo Cuevas, Aljaz Bedene and Grigor Dimitrov to succeed in the quarters. The Greek avenged the Hamburg defeat, beating Rublev 7-5, 6-2, 6-3 in an hour and 55 minutes.

Trailing 5-3 within the opener, Stefanos rattled off 16 of the final 21 video games, stealing the opener and dominating units two and three to seal the deal and set the semi-final conflict in opposition to Novak Djokovic. The Greek misplaced 23 factors behind the preliminary shot, struggling one break initially of the encounter and by no means wanting again, mounting the strain on the opposite facet of the courtroom.

Tsitsipas fired 35 winners and 17 unforced errors, leaving Rublev on a steady 25-23 ratio that wasn’t sufficient no less than for a set after struggling 5 breaks from eight probabilities supplied to the youthful opponent. Within the semis, Tsitsipas confronted world no.

1 Novak Djokovic within the quest for the primary Main remaining, giving his greatest however falling in 5 units. Stefanos misplaced the opening two units after losing his probabilities on the return. Novak served for the triumph at 5-4 in set quantity three, wasted a match level and acquired damaged for the primary time, permitting Tsitsipas to increase the battle.

With momentum on his facet, the Greek grabbed one other break in sport 12, stealing the set and boosting his probabilities for a optimistic final result. The youngest Roland Garros semi-finalist since 2009 fended off ten out of 11 break factors within the fourth set, enduring all of the challenges and delivering two breaks to steal the set 6-4 and pressure a decider, one thing nobody might have anticipated within the closing levels of the third.

Stefanos Tsitsipas might skip Vienna and Paris within the following weeks.

With no room for errors, Djokovic recovered his strokes within the remaining set, profitable it 6-2 to seal the deal and stay on the title course. As was anticipated, Tsitsipas withdrew from the following week’s ATP 500 occasion in St.

Petersburg, however not due to fatigue. The Greek suffered an enema damage within the decider in opposition to Djokovic, taking MRI assessments and likely skipping each the ATP 500 occasion in Vienna and the final Masters 1000 match of the season in Paris!

Stefanos will attempt to recuperate as quickly as attainable and defend his title on the ATP Finals, defeating Daniil Medvedev, Alexander Zverev, Roger Federer and Dominic Thiem to rule the tennis world and elevate his first notable trophy at 21.