Published on October 25, 2024 at 6:41 pm / Modified on October 26, 2024 at 08:26.
At 26, Stefanos Tsitsipas looked old on Friday. The Frenchman Arthur Fils, 20 years old and already ranked 19th in the world, broke the Greek, the 11th player in the world, in the quarter-finals of the Swiss Indoor, in two sets (7-6 6-3). The youngest player in the top 40, Arthur Fils impressed with his great strength, maturity and freshness. The evening before, he did not want to give up the doubles with his friend Ben Shelton (22 years old, 23rd in the world), another representative of this new wave that is taking advantage of the retirement of the Big 4 and the other was shaken. They will meet again on Saturday in the semi-final.
“Did you see that missed penalty? I put it in the tarpaulin…” In the dark basement of the Halle Saint-Jacques, in Basel, a calm Arthur Fils joked about the set point he lost in the first set, at 5-4 30-40 Tsitsipas service, center court, full forehand back, who had plenty of time to outrun his opponent but failed miserably. He got up very quickly, winning the tie break with a nice zebra-plane sequence (7-4). “This failure could affect me, it’s true, but I’m working mentally to overcome this kind of thing. I’m very happy with the way I managed to refocus.”
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