He impressed Tsitsipas and made it through the semi-finals of the Rome Masters with ease

Stefanos Tsitsipas (No.5) continues his amazing run in Rome and despite not finding a first serve (48%), he also beat Borna Coric 6-3, 6-4 to secure his presence in the semifinals For the second year in a row and for the third time in his career (2019, 2022, 2023) he reached the final (without losing). In the semifinals on Saturday he meets Medvedev (No. 3).

The Greek tennis player has 27 wins this season (27-7), but also 13 at the tournament in Rome (13-5), while in the matches against Tsoric he scored 3-3.

The recent quarterfinals started perfectly for Tsitsipas with two loves, with Coric also holding, albeit with greater difficulty. The first love match for the Croatian came in the sixth game, where it was 3-3, but then Tsitsipas’ good “reading” and Coric’s mistake gave the world No. 5 the first break of the evening (5-3).

Tsitsipas took the balls in hand and finished the set in his only service game, where he didn’t find the first serve easy. This was capitalized on by Coric who hit a double break point (15/40) and had two chances to win back his lost serve.

However, with correct placements on his serve, Tsitsipas grabbed the next 4 points, winning the 1st set in 38 minutes after recording 10 winners (only 4 from Coric) but also 8 unforced errors (11 from Coric) and only one Point conceded behind the first serve (15/16) and 5 in the second (6/11).

As in Set 1, Tsitsipas started serve consistently in Set 2, gaining easy points while putting unbearable pressure on Coric’s serve, even finding a break from 30/0 (2-1), which he with was still able to easily compensate for a 3:1 with a slight serve.

From the moment Tsitsipas couldn’t find any solutions to Tsitsipas’ serve, the Greek tennis player easily “filled” the Croatian’s serves and achieved a new break point, which Tsitsipas this time erased, shortening to 4:3.

As in Set 1, Tsitsipas started serve consistently in Set 2, gaining easy points while putting unbearable pressure on Coric’s serve, even finding a break from 30/0 (2-1), which he with was still able to easily compensate for a 3:1 with a slight serve.

From the moment Tsitsipas couldn’t find any solutions to Tsitsipas’ serve, the Greek tennis player easily “filled” the Croatian’s serves and achieved a new break point, which Tsitsipas this time erased, reducing to 4:3.

Source: Tennis24.gr