Tennis-Tsitsipas finds way past fighting Zverev for maiden major final


  • Tennis
  • Saturday, 12 Jun 2021

Tennis - French Open - Roland Garros, Paris, France - June 11, 2021 Greece's Stefanos Tsitsipas in action during his semi final match against Germany's Alexander Zverev REUTERS/Sarah Meyssonnier

PARIS (Reuters) -Greek fifth seed Stefanos Tsitsipas staved off a spectacular fightback from U.S. Open runner-up Alexander Zverev for a 6-3 6-3 4-6 4-6 6-3 victory in a scintillating French Open clash on Friday and book a maiden Grand Slam final spot.

Tsitsipas, 22, has long been marked out as a future Grand Slam champion and has already added the ATP Finals and a Masters 1000 trophy to his cabinet.

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