The Tsitsipas threat was a real one as the Greek was on a 9-0 run on clay and showed why some odds favour him at the French Open, which kicks off on May 24 in Paris. Nadal served off the match and won the first game to love.
Tsitsipas held serve and broke Nadal in the third game before holding again to take a 3-1 lead. Nadal had to save two game points to come back into the set in the fifth game. Nadal came roaring back in the eighth game to level at 4-4.The second game followed almost the same script and went into a tie break which Tsitsipas claimed a 7-6 win that set up a tense decider.
Meanwhile, in Belgrade, world No.1, Novak Djokovic, was stunned by Australian Open revelation, Aslan Karatsev, in the semi-final of the Belgrade Open, which took place at theKaratsev beat Djokovic 7-5, 4-6, 6-4 in a revenge of sorts after Djokovic beat the Russian in the semi-final of the 2021 Australian Open.Related