Stefanos Tsitsipas and Jannik Sinner will play in a mouth-watering semi-final in the ATP 500 in Barcelona.
Both Stefanos and the Jannik are widely considered as the most interesting prospects in tennis. Tsitsipas conquered his first ATP 1000 title in Monte Carlo last week, while Jannik Sinner has recently reached the final in the ATP 1000 in Miami at the tender age of 19.
Stefanos Tsitsipas and Jannik Sinner will play against each other after reaching the final four without dropping a single set during the week. Their statistics are quite similar.
Both players competed for just over four hours during this week (4h39m Sinner and 4h04m Tsitsipas). Also, Jannik and Stefanos won 70% or more points behind their first serve (70% Sinner and 79% Tsitsipas).
Both broke their opponents 11 times. Probably, the most notable difference between Stefanos and Jannik is that the Italian was broken three times while Stefanos conceded his served only on one occasion.
Stefanos Tsitsipas and Jannik Sinner fought against each other just on 2 occasions. Their actual record is 1-1. Previously, the last time they competed against each other, Jannik Sinner won 6-1 6-7(9) 6-2 in the 2nd round in Rome (Internazionali BNL d’Italia) in September 2020.
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Tsitsipas in Barcelona, ranking, and results in 2021
At the moment ranked no.5 (career-high), the Greek owns a composed 25-5 match record in 2021. Stefanos is currently playing in Barcelona where he overcame Jaume Antoni Munar Clar 6-0 6-2, Alex De Minaur 7-5 6-3 and Felix Auger Aliassime 6-3 6-3.
Stefanos Tsitsipas will square off with the world no.19 Jannik Sinner in the semifinal on Saturday at 1:30 pm on PISTA RAFA NADAL.
The Greek has won 1 title in 2021 in Monte-Carlo. Tsitsipas was the finalist in Acapulco (Abierto Mexicano Telcel).
Tsitsipas won 6 titles in his career: 2 on clay courts and 4 on indoor courts. (See the list of his titles)
Sinner in Barcelona, ranking, and results in 2021
Currently ranked no.19 (career-high), the Italian achieved a composed 18-6 record in 2021. The Italian is now competing in Barcelona where he managed to beat Egor Gerasimov 6-3 6-2, Roberto Bautista Agut 7-69 6-2 and Andrey Rublev 6-2 7-66.
Jannik conquered 1 title in 2021 in Melbourne. Sinner was the finalist in Miami (Miami Open).
