American Taylor Fritz upset two-time defending champion Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-2, 6-4 to achieve the Monte Carlo Masters semifinals on Friday.
Second-seeded Tsitsipas was on a 12-match successful streak on the French Cote d’Azur, the place he claimed his two Masters 1000 titles.
“I stuck to the strategy of pulling the trigger and not letting him dictate with his forehand,” the No. 8 seed Fritz stated.
Tsitsipas broke again to 4-4 within the second set, however then Fritz broke his serve simply for 5-4 and closed out the match with an ace for a love maintain.
Fritz will subsequent face fifth-seeded Andrey Rublev of Russia, who beat German qualifier Jan-Lennard Struff 6-1, 7-6 (5).
The prime two seeds have now been knocked out of the clay-court event following Novak Djokovic’s exit within the third spherical on Thursday.
Source: sportstar.thehindu.com