ATP Barcelona: Final! Tsitsipas fends off Musetti's attack
Stefanos Tsitsipas has reached the final of the ATP Tour 500 tournament in Barcelona with a three-set win against Lorenzo Musetti.
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Apr 22, 2023, 04:25 pm
Will Stefanos Tsitsipas finally get the first title in this category in the tenth final of an ATP Tour 500 event? The performance on Saturday's semi-final against Lorenzo Musetti was impressive, especially in the final phase. Tsitsipas won 6-4, 5-7 and 6-2 and will play against either defending champion Carlos Alcaraz or Daniel Evans tomorrow.
Tsitsipas was last eliminated in Monte Carlo in the quarter-finals against Taylor Fritz with almost no chance, after which there were suspicions that the Greek might not be quite fit. There was no sign of that in the semifinals against Musetti. For Stefanos Tsitsipas it will be the third final in Barcelona after 2018 and 2021. He had lost both finals against Rafael Nadal. The record champion is absent from the Catalan capital this year.
If Tsitsipas could choose, he would probably not contest the final against Carlos Alcaraz: Because he leads the two in the internal balance sheet with 3-0 wins. The last match was in the quarterfinals in Barcelona almost exactly a year ago. Stefanos Tsitsipas, on the other hand, has won all four previous games against Dan Evans.
Here the individual tableau in Barcelona
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