Roger Federer is on the verge of a major milestone.
Tennis - ATP 500 - Dubai Tennis Championships - Dubai Duty Free Tennis Stadium, Dubai, United Arab Emirates - March 1, 2019 Switzerland's Roger Federer celebrates after winning his semi final match against Croatia's Borna Coric REUTERS/Ahmed Jadalla
In the only career meeting between Tsitsipas, 20, and Federer, 37, Tsitsipas emerged with a 6-7 , 7-6 , 7-5, 7-6 win this year in the fourth round of the Australian Open. Tsitsipas also won the tournament in Marseille, France, last week for his second career title.One week after Serbia’s Laslo Djere and Canada’s Felix Auger-Aliassime met in the title match at Rio de Janeiro, Djere defeated Auger-Aliassime, this time in a quarterfinal match at Sao Paulo, 6-2, 3-6, 6-3.
The other semifinal will feature Norway’s Casper Ruud against Chile’s Christian Garin. Ruud cruised past Bolivia’s Hugo Dellien 6-1, 6-1, and Garin upset fourth-seeded Leonardo Mayer of Argentina 4-6, 6-4, 6-4.Second-seeded Alexander Zverev rolled into the final at Acapulco with a 7-6 , 6-3 win over Great Britain’s Cameron Norrie.
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