PARIS: Greek sixth seed Stefanos Tsitsipas dug deep to book his place in the French Open fourth round on Saturday, completing a 7-5 6-3 6-7 7-6 victory against Serbian Filip Krajinovic after play was suspended on Friday night.
For his second straight last-16 appearance at a Grand Slam, the 20-year-old Tsitsipas set up a potentially explosive clash with 2015 Roland Garros champion, Stan Wawrinka after the Swiss wrapped up a 7-6 7-6 7-6 victory over Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov.That match was also interrupted on Friday night and Wawrinka had the court One crowd on their feet as he rallied back from 6-2 down in the third-set tiebreak.
Earlier, Tsitsipas resumed his match at 5-5 in the third and looked wobbly in losing the tiebreak before finally winning in four sets thanks to his opponent's nerves on Court Philippe-Chatrier. A runner-up in Madrid and semi-finalist in Rome in the run-up to the claycourt Grand Slam, Tsitsipas had breezed through the first two sets and appeared on the brink of a no-nonsense win when play resumed in searing heat on Saturday.Advertisement
Two straight double faults handed a break to Krajinovic in the fourth set, but the Serbian let his guard down and allowed Tsitsipas to get another crack at a tiebreak.
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