Tsitsipas downs Zverev to set up Beijing final with Thiem


  • Tennis
  • Sunday, 06 Oct 2019

Tennis - China Open - Men's Singles - Semi-finals - National Tennis Center, Beijing, China - October 5, 2019. Stefanos Tsitsipas of Greece in action against Alexander Zverev of Germany. REUTERS/Thomas Peter

(Reuters) - Greece's Stefanos Tsitsipas dispatched German second seed Alexander Zverev 7-6(6) 6-4 in the semi-finals of the China Open in Beijing on Saturday to set up a mouth-watering final with Austrian top seed Dominic Thiem.

Tsitsipas, 21, won 70% of his first-service points and broke Zverev four times to leave the German still seeking his first win over a top-10 opponent in 2019.

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