Tsitsipas botches Olympic dress rehearsal

The 22-year-old, fourth in the world rankings, had to admit defeat 6:3, 1:6, 3:6 to the Serb Filip Krajinovic, who had outgrown himself at times, on Friday. The number one seeded Greek crowd favorite once again missed out on the tournament victory he was aiming for in the Hanseatic city. Krajinovic reached his first semifinal in 2021. The Serbian Laslo Djere had previously caused a surprise. In just 1:04 hours, the 26-year-old, 57th in the world rankings, unexpectedly knocked the two-time Hamburg winner Nikolos Basilashvili from Georgia out of the competition 6:2, 6:2. Djere will now face Krajinovic on Saturday (from 13.30 p.m.). Greek with a lightning start Tsitsipas, who was the first player to achieve 40 wins on the ATP tour this year, was ranked 44th in the world rankings. from Serbia quickly went 5-0 ahead and brought the set home safely despite a rebreak. Everything looked like the game was going smoothly. But the picture changed completely, Krajinovic found ever better answers to Tsitsipas' crashing forehands and secured the second set after two breaks. The Greek, who was warned for an extended refreshment break and was visibly annoyed by his increasing errors, continued to fight doggedly for his chance, but conceded another early break. His opponent now succeeded in almost every blow, while Tsitsipas continued to struggle with himself. After 2:01 hours the match was lost for the French Open finalist, who botched the Olympic dress rehearsal.

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Tsitsipas botches Olympic dress rehearsal

Top favorite Stefanos Tsitsipas surprisingly failed in the quarterfinals of the ATP tennis tournament at Rothenbaum in Hamburg.

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