Tennis - French Open - Roland Garros, Paris, France - October 7, 2020 Greece's Stefanos Tsitsipas in action during his quarter final match against Russia's Andrey Rublev REUTERS/Charles Platiau
PARIS (Reuters) - Greek fifth seed Stefanos Tsitsipas reached the second Grand Slam semi-final of his career on Wednesday, raising his game after a slow start to defeat Russian Andrey Rublev 7-5 6-2 6-3 at the French Open.
Before the quarter-final on Court Philippe Chatrier, the 13th-seeded Rublev had won both previous tour-level meetings against fellow 22-year-old Tsitsipas with their last encounter less than two weeks ago in the final in Hamburg.
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