:quality(80)/cdn-kiosk-api.telegraaf.nl/67a84f40-7dc3-11eb-92a9-0218eaf05005.jpg "Tournament director Richard Krajicek can breathe a sigh of relief after Stefanos Tsitsipas | Tennis")
sport">The first set immediately took Tsitsipas a break and came to 2-0. But then he lost several games in a row and eventually also lost the set 6-4. In the second set, the Greek recovered and soon had a 5-0 lead. Khachanov came back for a moment, but the second set was really for Tsitsipas: 6-3.
sport">In the third and decisive set it went right between the two. At a score of 5-5, Tsitsipas broke his opponent and he no longer relinquished that on his own service: 7-5. A relief for tournament director Richard Krajicek. He soon lost in the tournament to Daniil Medvedev and last year’s finalist, Felix Auger-Aliassime. Rafael Nadal had canceled just before the tournament.
sport">Tsitsipas also had a lot of trouble in his two previous matches in Ahoy. In the opening round, he won in two long sets and also needed three sets in the second round to avoid elimination.
sport">Tsitsipas is, together with the Russian Andrei Rublev, the number 4 on the placement list, the only remaining seeded player in Rotterdam. Rublev will be Tsitsipas’ next opponent on Saturday. The number 8 in the world battled 7-6 (2) 6-7 (2) 6-4 past the French qualifier Jérémy Chardy.
sport">Rublev, who, like Tsitsipas, was on the track for more than two and a half hours, left two game points unused in the second set with a 6-5 lead. Chardy hit an ace both times. In the third set Rublev quickly ran to 4-0. Chardy, too strong for David Goffin in the previous round, came back to 4-3. However, a new stunt was not possible.
sport">Tsitsipas and Rublev last faced each other at the ATP Finals last year. Tsitsipas then won 7-6 in the third set.
Coric is Nishikori de baas
sport">Borna Coric secured a place in the semi-finals without losing a set. The number 26 in the world was the Japanese Kei Nishikori in two tiebreaks the boss: 7-6 (2) 7-6 (4).
sport">The 24-year-old Coric faced a 4-2 deficit in the second tiebreak and won the last five points. He used his first match point after more than two hours because Nishikori, the global number 45, missed a return.
sport">Coric, responsible for the elimination of Botic van de Zandschulp in the first round, is participating in Rotterdam for the third time. He lost in the second round in his two previous participations.
sport">On Saturday, Coric will play in the semi-finals against Hungarian Marton Fucsovics, who defeated Tommy Paul from the United States 6-4 6-3. The match between Fucsovics and Paul did not end until 00.35. It was already the third time for qualifier Fucsovics that he played the last match of the day.
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