Gstaad
Tsitsipas stays excellent vs. Fognini, reaches Gstaad SFs
Struff, Halys advance
July 19, 2024
Fabian Meierhans / EFG Swiss Open Gstaad 2024
Stefanos Tsitsipas is the highest seed in Gstaad.
By ATP Workers
Stefanos Tsitsipas prolonged his excellent Lexus ATP Head2Head document towards Fabio Fognini to 5-0 on Friday on the EFG Swiss Open Gstaad, the place the Greek cruised to a 6-4, 6-3 victory to achieve the semi-finals.
The highest seed stayed dialled in regardless of relinquishing an early break in each units, rapidly rebounding with aggressive baseline play to hurry Fognini’s groundstrokes. Tsitsipas earned a decisive break at 5-4 within the opening set and raced to the end line within the second, advancing after one hour, six minutes.
“My returns labored fairly nicely, I used to be very in keeping with them. I form of insisted the entire match to remain again and provides it a little bit of a loop, try to get the angles from the very starting. It labored fairly nicely,” mentioned Tsitsipas, who received 74 per cent of his first-serve factors, based on Infosys ATP Stats.
“I am proud of how I began serving in direction of the tip of the match. At first, I used to be nonetheless making an attempt to determine how I’ll open up the courtroom and create alternatives on my serve. It took me some time to determine. I form of unlocked the code in direction of the tip… I felt like I used to be doing all the things appropriate.”
An 11-time tour-level titlist, who’s now 32-12 on the yr, Tsitsipas is aiming for his second trophy of the season. The 25-year-old, who’s competing in Gstaad for the primary time, received his third Monte-Carlo title in April. The World No. 12 within the PIF ATP Rankings subsequent faces third seed Felix Auger-Aliassime or sixth seed Matteo Berrettini.
Within the backside half of the draw, fifth seed Jan-Lennard Struff superior to his second tour-level semi-final of the season (Munich title) after overcoming fourth seed Tomas Martin Etcheverry 7-5, 3-6, 6-3. The German subsequent faces Quentin Halys, who ousted fellow qualifier Gustavo Heide 6-1, 7-5. Halys, 27, is into his second tour-level semi-final (2023 Estoril) after downing Heide with the assistance of a outstanding point-winning forehand from the ground halfway by means of the opening set.
Did You Know?Stefanos Tsitsipas is 14-1 towards Italians on clay, together with his lone loss coming to Jannik Sinner in 2020 (Rome).
