Murray, now No. 68 in the world, defeated the Greek leader 7-6 (4) 6-3 in one hour and 40 minutes and will play Nick Kyrgios in the last four in Stuttgart. This is the first time Murray has beaten a player in the top five in the world since 2016. The 35-year-old Scot saved a set point at 6-6 in the first game before sealing it in a tiebreak and breaking Tsitsipa to move. He led 4-2 in the second on his way to win an impressive victory in his third match point. Tsitsipas, No. 5 in the world, saved a break point in the seventh game, as the opening set went with service and failed to turn one of his own into 6-6 as Murray forced the tie break. The Scot, who beat seventh-seeded Alexander Bublik to reach the final eight of his first ATP Tour of the season on grass, then scored a mini-break to climb 5-3 and serve to seal 7-4 in a little lower. one hour. Tsitsipas saved two match points on his serve at 5-2 in the second set, but Murray then served out for the match. Murray’s only previous meeting with Tsitsipas was in the first round of the US Open last year, when he led by two sets to only to lose in five. Murray said in an in-stadium interview: “It was a great atmosphere. Almost full of people. Nice weather today, very good conditions to play tennis. I thought I did well. Served incredibly in the first set. “I felt I had very few opportunities, but when he created opportunities in my service, I stayed strong. I played a very steady tie break and in the second set, when I was in the rally, I felt like I was dictating a lot of points. It was a good show. “
Dart’s journey to Nottingham was completed by Riske
Harriet Dart’s attempt to reach the first semifinal of the WTA Tour ended in defeat by Alison Riske at the Rothesay Open in Nottingham. The British No. 3 took the opening set, but the American opponent counterattacked to win 4-6, 6-2, 6-1 in two hours and 26 minutes. Harriet Dart won the first set against Allison Riske, but refused from the back of the American. Photo: Will Palmer / SWpix.com / Shutterstock Dart broke into the sixth game of the opening set to deprive 4-2, but responded with two of their own breaks to take the first set in just over an hour. Sixth place counterattacked in the second set, breaking Dart three times on its way to a score of 6-2. Dart held the serve to take a 1-0 lead in the decision, but fell far short of it, breaking on three other occasions as Riske left the next six games to reach the sixth semifinal of her career on the grass. He will then face either Ajla Tomljanovic or Viktorija Golubic. The leader, Maria Sakkari, lost from the seventh, Beatriz Haddad Maia, 6-4, 4-6, 6-3. The Brazilian will face the Czech Teresa Martinkova in the semifinals after defeating China’s fourth sport, Zhang Shuai, in a straight set, 6-3 6-2. In the men’s ATP Challenger, Liam Broady missed his chance to reach the last four after losing in three sets to Jack Sock 7-6 (3), 1-6, 6-4. Essex’s Ryan Peniston, the No. 7 Briton, saw his run end with a 6-3, 6-4 defeat by Australian Alexei Popirin in Friday’s opening quarterfinal.
