Favorite Stefanos Tsitsipas arrived at his first last since last year’s French Open when he returned from a put down to overcome Czech qualifier Jiri Lehecka in the Rotterdam semi-finals on Saturday.
World number four Tsitsipas edged his kid rival 4-6, 6-4, 6-2 and will confront either reigning champ Andrey Rublev or Felix Auger-Aliassime for the title on Sunday.
“He was truly pushing me,” said Greek star Tsitsipas.
“I didn’t have any idea what’s in store, so I was attempting to sort out his examples and his game. He was playing extraordinarily well after the principal serve, squeezing and assaulting such that I will probably never see again previously. I needed to remain in the match and I figured out how to get by.”
