Stefanos Tsitsipas defeats world number one Novak Djokovic in the quarter-final of the continuous Shanghai Masters 3-6, 7-5, 6-3, on Friday, to set up a semi-final date with Daniil Medvedev.
The Serb had the match in his control and won the first set 6-3 without a lot of issues from his Greek rival. In any case, the second set saw a revived Tsitsipas, who played impeccable Tennis from that point onwards to depose the defending champions.
The world number seven went all guns blasting against the veteran from the second set to crush him for the second time in his young profession in the same number of events.
As far as number, the match was battled neck-on-neck as both the players created a portion of their best Tennis. Tsitsipas scored 11 aces in contrast with Djoko's eight, while the last had a superior first-serve percentage.
The last two sets removed the best from both the players as they ran the length and breadths of the court and delivered some preposterous victors, while the group appreciated a blockbuster appear.
After the overwhelming battle of more than two hours, Tsitsipas, at last, served for the match against a rationally depleted Djokovic. After losing his initial two match points, the 21-year-old had his minute in the third.
With this success, Tsitsipas additionally verified his place in the year-finishing ATP Finals in London. On being educated about the equivalent, he looked astonished and sounded unconscious about his capability.
"No way, really? I really had no idea, it is secure, seriously? YES! I wasn't looking at the rankings and but I am so happy to have qualified for the ATP Finals," Tsitsipas said in the post-match ceremony.
The Greek has now crushed all of the Big Three in a similar season. He originally crushed Roger Federer in the current year's Australian Open and lined it up with a masterclass against Rafale Nadal in the Madrid Open before beating Djokovic twice.
