Stefanos Tsitsipas celebrates ‘courageous’ victory over Daniil Medvedev to reach Cincinnati Masters final

Stefanos Tsitsipas described Daniil Medvedev’s tactics as courageous as he reached the Cincinnati Open final.

The world No. 4 seed was defeated by the fourth seed from Greece. 1 7-6(6) 3-6 6-3 by rushing to the net and attempting to nullify his opponent’s ability to play from deep on the court.

Tsitsipas stated that he had to play more difficult shots after the win, which was his third against Medvedev in ten meetings.

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“A few short balls, I really took advantage and came in. A lot of courageous serve-and-volleys, approaches to the net that definitely gave me that great win today.”

Tsitsipas won both the decisive and opening sets. However, he was 5-0 down in the middle section. He struggled with his service game and had a string of double faults. A brief rally could only get him to lose it 6-3.

“I knew I had to sign up for a difficult task, third set, it wasn’t going to be easy,” Tsitsipas continued. “He made it very physically and really challenging for me.

“I just took advantage some of his missed first serve. I believe I had a few opportunities where it seemed to be going in my favor.

“He kept missing a lot consecutively of first serves, and that gave us some time to think about my next move a little clearer.

“He gave me a double fault on break point, which I think was very important moment for me psychologically to give my best shot. I was only a few games away, and I was calm and focused in every task that was given to my.

Tsitsipas will face Borna Coric, who defeated Cameron Norrie 6-3 6-4 in the day’s other semi-final, in the tournament showpiece.