ATP Masters Madrid: Stefanos Tsitsipas is aiming for the top three
Stefanos Tsitsipas wants to end the tennis year 2021 among the top three players in the world. The Greek said before the start of the ATP Masters 1000 tournament in Madrid.
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last edit: May 02, 2021, 04:53 pm
Those who lead the annual ranking on the ATP Tour at the beginning of May can also make very high demands. Well, to date there has only been one Grand Slam tournament on the balance sheet, plus two ATP Masters 1000 tournaments. With his current score of 2,840, Stefanos Tsitsipas can book the trip to Turin for the season finale. Good, but not good enough for the Greek, who already won the ATP final in London in 2019.
Because Tsitsipas also wants to reach new heights in the regular world rankings, as he announced in his press conference before the 1000 tournament in Madrid. He is aiming for a place among the three best players in the world, and he worked hard for that. How hard was last seen in Barcelona: Tsitsipas could have lost the final against Rafael Nadal in two sets, but fought his way back and even worked his way through a match point in the third round. However, Nadal fended off. And thus was able to return the favor for the defeat in the quarter-finals of the Australian Open.
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Tsitsipas beats Nadal in Madrid
Tsitsipas against Nadal, that would also be a potential final in Madrid. The man from Athens has been drawn into the lower half of the tableau, Nadal leads the grid from above. On the way to his second final in the Caja Magica after 2019, Félix Auger-Aliassime and Diego Schwartzman could be uncomfortable but beatable opponents waiting for Stefanos Tsitsipas. It remains to be seen whether Daniil Medvedev, not a friend of the ashes, will actually make it to the semi-finals in keeping with his status.
Two years ago, Stefanos Tsitsipas lived up to his high standards in Madrid, especially in the semifinals, in which he defeated Rafael Nadal in a great match. At that time, however, Tsitsipas could still go to work as a carefree outsider. As the leader of the Race to Turin, he went from hunter to hunted.
Here the single tableau in Madrid
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