At Indian Wells Masters 2021, Stefanos Tsitsipas and Alexander Zverev are in the same branch and is expected to clash in the semi -finals. After Daniil Medvedev on the other side was eliminated early, these two players were considered the most potential candidate for the championship.
However, Zverev and Tsitsipas make many “offside”. In the quarterfinals of this morning, the seeds No. 2 and 3 of the tournament received failed with the same score 1-2 and officially said goodbye to American.
In the first match, Stefanos Tsitsipas had a seed face No. 29 Nikoloz Basilashvili. Entering Set 1, the Greek tennis player lost the break into Basilashvili right in the first gaming game before losing the second break in game 5. Although he reclaimed the break in game 6, he could not turn the situation and had to accept the 4-6 defeat.
Set Set 2, Tsitsipas played out. Accordingly, he mastered the game completely and had twice won the break in game 4 and game 8 to win the 6-2 gap in set 2. The score was now balanced 1-1.
Set Set 3 decisions, the script in set 1 repeated when Tsitsipas was broken the first serve game. After reclaiming the break in game 4, he lost the break again in game 8. In the end, the No. 2 seed accepted the racket with 4-6 defeat and was eliminated.
In the remaining match, Zverev and Taylor Fritz brought extremely attractive talent. Entering Set 1, the 2021 Olympic gold medal has a good start to win the break in the first game. Going to Game 7, he won the break once more and then ended the set with victory 6-4.
Sang Set 2, Zverev played down, creating conditions for Fritz to bring the match back to the balance. In this set, the turning point came in game 4 when Fritz was the one who won the break. In the remaining serve games, he did not make any mistakes to win 6-3.
Set Set 3, 2 players chasing attractive scores before having to enter a series of tie-breaks to determine the victory. At this time, Fritz is a more brave person and has 2 mini breaks compared to Zverev's 0 times. American player officially won tickets to the semi -finals.
Thus, two semi -finals at Indian Wells Masters 2021 have been identified. While Cameron Norrie encountered Grigor Dimitrov, Taylor Fritz will compete with Nikoloz Basilashvili. All 4 players are not in the top 10 ATP.
