Stefanos Tsitsipas made more Greek history on Saturday afternoon en route to his first Roland Garros fourth round.
The 20-year-old reigning Next Gen ATP Finals champion became the first Greek – man or woman – to make the Round of 16 at Roland Garros since Lazaros Stalios in 1936.
In a match carried over from Friday night because of darkness, Tsitsipas beat Serbian Filip Krajinovic 7-5, 6-3, 6-7(5), 7-6(6). Their third-rounder resumed at 5-5 in the third set.
“It's really tricky when you come back after a day... It's very psychological,” Tsitsipas said.
Krajinovic served for the third set late on Friday evening at 5-3 but was broken. The Serbian, though, regrouped on Saturday and twice led by a break in the fourth set. He even had a set point at 6/5 in the fourth-set tie-break to force a deciding set.
Tsitsipas, however, erased the set point and made his third Grand Slam fourth round (2019 Australian Open, 2018 Wimbledon).
He will face the winner of the third-rounder between Stan Wawrinka vs. Grigor Dimitrov, which also was suspended on Friday night because of darkness. Wawrinka leads 7-6(4), 7-6(4).
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