Tennis - French Open - Roland Garros, Paris, France - June 2, 2019. Greece's Stefanos Tsitsipas reacts during his fourth round match against Switzerland's Stan Wawrinka. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes
PARIS (Reuters) - Sixth seed Stefanos Tsitsipas could not hide the raw emotion of defeat after losing a five-set thriller against Stan Wawrinka in the French Open fourth round on Sunday.
Tsitsipas, 20, had looked the man most likely to threaten the establishment this week with dazzling tennis, but Wawrinka proved they will not make way easily as he gritted out a 7-6(6) 5-7 6-4 3-6 8-6 to set up a clash with Roger Federer.
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