Stefanos Tsitsipas dispatches Alexander Zverev 7-66 6-4 in the semifinal in Beijing on Saturday. Tsitsipas will clash against Dominic Thiem in the final.
Score, report, and key facts
1st set.
Zverev had a head start at the beginning of the set to break Tsitsipas in the 1st game (1-0). However, the Greek managed to stage a good comeback to break Zverev in the 6th (3-3) and in the 8th (5-3) game before winning the set at the tiebreak at 6.
Stefanos failed to serve out the set when leading 5-3 to be broken at 15.
A crucial moment of the match was when Stefanos won 4 consecutive games in the 1st set to change the scoreline from 1-3 to 5-3.
2nd set.
Stefanos won the set after he broke Alexander in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 5th (4-1) game. The German tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 8th (5-3) game. Notwithstanding, the Greek kept the focus before winning the set 6-4.
A crucial moment of the match was when the Greek won 5 consecutive games in the 2nd set to change the scoreline from 0-1 to 5-1.
Statistics
After this encounter, the head to head between Tsitsipas and Zverev is 3-1 for Stefanos.
Highlights Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Alexander Zverev China Open – Beijing
Next Match: Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Dominic Thiem – stats
Tsitsipas will come up against Thiem in the final.
This will be the 6th time that Stefanos Tsitsipas and Dominic Thiem square off. The head to head is 3-2 for Thiem (see full H2H stats), 2-1 on hard.
The last time that they fought against each other, Tsitsipas won 6-3 7-66 in the 2nd round in Toronto back in 2018.
Tennis Scores in Beijing
- Dominic ThiemThiem – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (2-6 7-65 7-5) – See score progression
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Alexander ZverevZverev (7-66 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches
- Dominic ThiemThiem – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (3-2) – See H2H details
