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Tsitsipas happy for conquering back to back semifinal in Estoril

Stefanos Tsitsipas beat Domingues in straight sets to face David Goffin for a place in the final.

4 May 2019

Stefanos Tsitsipas reaches his back-to-back semifinal in Estoril after winning an extremely tough match against a tenacious Joao Domingues.

Even if the Portuguese is currently ranked only 214 and his career high rank is just 166, he proved to be a very tough opponent that was also backed by the local crowd.

The Match

Tsitsipas didn’t start well to be broken already in the 3rd game (1-2). However, the Greek was slowly but surely finding his groove, and he was great in breaking his opponent in the 9th game (4-5) when Joao was serving out the set. Eventually, the affair went to the breaker that Tsitsipas won at 3 after he clinched 5 consecutive points to reverse a 2-3 deficit in a 7-3 scoreline.

The second set was decided after an exchange of breaks at the end. Eventually, Tsitsipas won the encounter 7-6 (3) 6-4 in 1 hour and 47 minutes.

I found the rhythm on the way. TSITSIPAS

After the match, Stefanos commented

“I feel like I was much more disciplined than usual. I’m really happy with the victory. I didn’t start very well, but I managed to find my rhythm game by game and broke back when I had to. I got the break back and then I felt like the momentum was going to me.”

Head to head Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. David Goffin

Stefanos will face for the 65th time in his career David Goffin in the semifinal. The head to head is 3-2 for Stefanos that has recently defeated the Belgian the semifinal in Marseille 7-6 (1) 6-2. However, Goffin won their only encounter on clay last year in the 2nd round in Monte Carlo 7-6 (4) 7-5.