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Grigor Dimitrov Holds Off Stefanos Tsitsipas To Reach Paris Masters Final | Tennis News

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Grigor Dimitrov Holds Off Stefanos Tsitsipas To Reach Paris Masters Final | Tennis News

[ad_1] Grigor Dimitrov kept up his late-season charge by squeezing past Stefanos Tsitsipas in three sets on Saturday and into the final of the Paris Masters. The 17th-ranked Bulgarian edged a high-quality encounter 6-3, 6-7 (1/7), 7-6 (7/3) to advance to his second Masters 1000 final -- after winning the title in Cincinnati six years ago. It was just Dimitrov's second win in eight meetings with Tsitsipas, who had yet to lose a set in making the last four at Bercy for the second year running."There were no tears but I got very emotional," said Dimitrov. "I am just living in the moment right now. It has been a funny road of late, but each win means more and more to me."Dimitrov broke Tsitsipas in the Greek's opening service game and rolled into a 4-1 lead. Tsitsipas resisted two set points...

Novak Djokovic Takes 90th Career Title With Astana Open Victory | Tennis News

[ad_1] Novak Djokovic claimed the 90th title of his career and the fourth of 2022 with a dominant straight-sets victory over Stefanos Tsitsipas in the ATP final in Astana on Sunday. The 35-year-old Djokovic triumphed 6-3, 6-4 in 75 minutes to add to the trophies he won this season in Israel, Rome and at Wimbledon. It was the ninth consecutive match victory for the fourth seed, who guaranteed himself a spot at the 2022 ATP Finals as a result of the win. "I dared to dream, actually," Djokovic replied when asked if he had ever imagined he would win 90 titles."I always hoped that I would be going to have a great career. Obviously, didn't know the amount of finals I was going to play, the amount of tournaments I was going to win, but my intention was always to reach the highest heights in our...

Stefanos Tsitsipas Fights Back Against Andrew Rublev To Reach Astana Open Final | Tennis News

[ad_1] Stefanos Tsitsipas in action vs Andrey Rublev during men's singles semi-final at the Astana Open.© AFPStefanos Tsitsipas set up a final against either Novak Djokovic or Daniil Medvedev with a come-from-behind victory against Andrey Rublev in Astana on Saturday. The Greek third seed won 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 to reach his sixth final of the season. On Sunday he will face the winner of the second semi-final between Wimbledon champion Djokovic and former world number one Medvedev. "It was not easy, being a set down," said Tsitsipas. "To have to deal with a very good opponent on the other side of the net made it an extremely physical battle."I am pleased with myself for being so determined to make it work so well."A break in the opening game of the match proved enough to give fifth seed Rublev...