Stefanos Tsitsipas has to play extra hard to show his best in the quarterfinals of the Swiss Indoors Basel against Filip Krajinovic.
The third seed, Tsitsipas, was missed by the first set against Serbian Krajinovic before claiming a 3-6 6-4 6-4 victory.
Greek tennis player Tsitsipas finished the match with 38 winners with 26 unforced errors. The 21-year-old has now won ten of the last 12 matches she has played. After ending up as runner-up in Beijing and beating classmate Novak Djokovic on his way to the semifinals in Shanghai.
Runner up in Stockholm last week, Krajinovic successfully maintained a convincing performance at the tournament which was held indoors.
In first set, Krajinovic broke Stefanos Tsitsipas on two occasions, without blemishes when taking points in net area, and only made 3 unforced errors. Krajinovic finally claimed the first set that lasted 33 minutes after Tsitsipas’s forehand returns were too wide.
Second set, Tsitsipas began to adjust strategy, stand little further from the baseline area, and aim to extend the rallies. The strategy worked well after a number of unforced errors began to flow from Krajinovic rackets, before Tsitsipas finally forced a decisive set.
The two players exchanged service break opportunities at start of deciding set. But Krajinovic began to feel the impact of diving eight matches in the last 10 days. Tsitsipas took advantage of the situation before claiming victory after 1 hour 53 minutes.
Waiting for Tsitsipas in the semifinals is the first seed and nine-time champion in Basel. Roger Federer, who strolled after opponent and compatriot Stan Wawrinka was force to withdraw due to an injury to his back.
Head to head between Tsitsipas against Federer after Tsitsipas defeated Federer in Melbourne and Federer responded in the Dubai final.
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The young Greek tennis player Tsitsipas had to fight it out in order to defeat Berankis with 6-7, 6-2, 6-4 which brought Tsitsipas to advance to the quarterfinals of the 13th ATP tournament this season.
Berankis has not advanced to the quarterfinals since appearing in Dubai. But the world number 70 has maintained momentum against Tsitsipas after winning 7-6, 1-0 lead.
However, the third seed, Tsitsipas maintained his composure and dominated his game service for the remainder of the match which lasted for approximately 2 hours.
After qualifying for the semifinals in Washington last August, Stefanos Tsitsipas swallowed five defeats from six matches he played. However, Tsitsipas, who has booked a place at the ATP Finals in November for the first time. Has recovered from adversity in the past month. He walked into the finals in Beijing and the semifinals in Shanghai, confidence was evident in his victory over Berankis.
After making an unusual mistake, Tsitsipas let Berankis seal the first set. However, despite Berankis playing neatly and competing well against the world number 7. Tsitsipas, Tsitsipas’ mainstay weapon proved to be still too tough to handled by Berankis, especially in crucial moments.
