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Stefanos Tsitsipas Edges Andrey Rublev, Reaches Astana Final | ATP Tour

Stefanos Tsitsipas Edges Andrey Rublev, Reaches Astana Final | ATP Tour


Stefanos Tsitsipas is seeking his third tour-level title of the season this week in Astana.


Greek next plays Djokovic or Medvedev

Stefanos Tsitsipas reached his sixth tour-level final of the season Saturday when he earned a comeback win against Andrey Rublev at the Astana Open.

In front of a lively crowd at the ATP 500 event, the Greek upped his intensity and aggression as the match went on to overcome the fifth seed 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 in two hours and 10 minutes.

With his victory, Tsitsipas has improved to 6-4 in his ATP Head2Head series against the World No. 9 and will next face Novak Djokovic or Daniil Medvedev in Sunday’s final. The third seed, who qualified for the Nitto ATP Finals last week, is aiming to win his third tour-level title of the year in Astana, having triumphed in Monte Carlo and Mallorca.

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