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Tsitsipas remains perfect on clay and reaches the Barcelona final

Greek is 10-0 on clay in 2024

April 20, 2024

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Stefanos Tsitsipas beats Dusan Lajovic in Barcelona on Saturday.
By ATP staff

Stefanos Tsitsipas extended his winning streak to ten matches at the Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell on Saturday when he completed a 5-7, 6-4, 6-2 comeback victory against Dusan Lajovic to reach the ATP 500 final.

The Greek, who saved two match points in his quarter-final victory against Facundo Diaz Acosta, started slowly against Lajovic. After dropping the first set, however, Tsitsipas grew into the match, increasing his intensity and shot weight in the second and third sets to turn the tide.

He demonstrated great footwork in dictating his forehand and won 100 percent (12/12) of his first serve points in the decider to advance after two hours and ten minutes.

“I would say the first game of the second set showed a direction where it felt like if I kept up the returns and applied constant pressure from the first shot I was allowed to dictate, things could turn around,” Tsitsipas said. It was a close game and I lost it, but deep in my mind it was ingrained that if I continued on the same path, something good was waiting. It turned out I was right. I continued to play that kind of tennis.

Tsitsipas took his third ATP Masters 1000 crown in Monte Carlo last week and is undefeated in this year's European clay swing. The 25-year-old, who is a four-time finalist in Barcelona, ​​has a 29-2 record against players ranked outside the Top 20 of the PIF ATP Rankings on clay since the start of 2022.

The world number 7 will challenge for his twelfth title at tour level and first at ATP 500 level when he meets Casper Ruud in Sunday's final. Tsitsipas, who has won five of his 11 ATP Tour trophies on clay, defeated the Norwegian in the title match in Monte Carlo last week. The pair are at 2-2 in their Lexus ATP Head2Head series.

I'm sure if I play against someone a few days in a row, they will come up with some new plans, Tsitsipas said ahead of his rematch with Ruud. These types of matches are difficult, playing back to back. I'm going to try to work on it and start that by recovering well and working towards the final tomorrow.

Lajovic was chasing his second tour-level trophy this week. The 33-year-old Serbian, who won the title in Banja Luka last year, defeated Diego Schwartzman, Ugo Humbert, Alejandro Davidovich Fokina and Arthur Fils in Barcelona.

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