I know most of the people can't wait for the tomorrow terrific blockbuster between Nadal and Djokovic but I thought there was someone who deserved a thread as a tribute to his performance on Friday.
One of the heroes of this year Roland Garros is certainly Stefanos Tsitsipas. For the first time in his career he came back from two sets down to survive the first round against Jaume Munar and after that he cruised into the semifinals without dropping a set beating Grigor Dimitrov and Andrey Rublev. It was only his second semifinal at a slam and he faced the World No. 1 Novak Djokovic. At 6 - 3, 6 - 2, 5 - 4, match point Djokovic, it looked like it would be another straight sets beatdown received by the Big 3 like in his very disappointing first GS semifinal against Nadal at the 2019 Australian Open. What he did to turn it around and scare the hell out of Nole fans was epic.
It cannot be forgotten that this great performance came right after the tragic US Open for him where he embarrassed himself losing to Borna Coric in ridiculous circumstances from 2-sets-to-1 and 5 - 1 up blowing 6 match points including three in a row on his serve. It was probably the choke of the year.
So, is it the turning point in his career? Will he go one step further next year and reach a GS final? Maybe even win a slam? Is he ready for it? Or is it nigh on impossible to predict as he is as capable of pushing Djokovic all the way in the big match as finding his inner Slamrev? Discuss.
One of the heroes of this year Roland Garros is certainly Stefanos Tsitsipas. For the first time in his career he came back from two sets down to survive the first round against Jaume Munar and after that he cruised into the semifinals without dropping a set beating Grigor Dimitrov and Andrey Rublev. It was only his second semifinal at a slam and he faced the World No. 1 Novak Djokovic. At 6 - 3, 6 - 2, 5 - 4, match point Djokovic, it looked like it would be another straight sets beatdown received by the Big 3 like in his very disappointing first GS semifinal against Nadal at the 2019 Australian Open. What he did to turn it around and scare the hell out of Nole fans was epic.
It cannot be forgotten that this great performance came right after the tragic US Open for him where he embarrassed himself losing to Borna Coric in ridiculous circumstances from 2-sets-to-1 and 5 - 1 up blowing 6 match points including three in a row on his serve. It was probably the choke of the year.
So, is it the turning point in his career? Will he go one step further next year and reach a GS final? Maybe even win a slam? Is he ready for it? Or is it nigh on impossible to predict as he is as capable of pushing Djokovic all the way in the big match as finding his inner Slamrev? Discuss.