After finishing a five-set marathon on Friday against Andy Murray, Stefanos Tsitsipas, 5e world, was expeditious to beat, on Saturday, the Serb Laslo Djere (60) 6-4, 7-6 (7/5) and 4-6 and thus qualify for the 8are Wimbledon final.
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The 24-year-old Greek will face American Christopher Eubanks (43e), who dismissed Australian Christopher O’Connell (73e) in three tiebreakers 7-6 (7/5), 7-6 (7/3) and 7-6 (7/2).
Tsitsipas was a runner-up at the Australian Open (2023) and Roland-Garros (2021), but he never made it past 8are finals of Wimbledon (reached in 2018 for his second participation) nor the third round of the US Open.
His next opponent, Eubanks, is playing for the first time at Wimbledon and he had never made it past the second round of a Grand Slam tournament.