Two-time Wimbledon winner Andy Murray stopped top seed Stefanos Tsitsipas at the tennis tournament in Stuttgart and saved his chance for the title.
The former world No. On Saturday, the 35-year-old Scot will play Australian Nick Kyrgios, whose opponent Marton Fucsovics from Hungary gave up 7-6 (7-3), 3-0 for Kyrgios.
High-class match against Tsitsipas
In 2019, Murray had already announced the end of his career due to his serious hip problems, but then returned after an operation. He has won 46 titles on the ATP tour. Murray last won a tournament on grass in 2016, when he triumphed at Wimbledon for the second time since 2013.
The Scot, number 68 in the world, has lost contact with the world leaders, but he proved his qualities against Tsitsipas, fifth in the world rankings. In a high-class and exciting quarter-final, Murray secured the decisive advantage in the tie-break of the first set thanks to a net roller. In the second half, thanks to a backhand pass, he managed to break 4-2 against the Greek, who was twelve years his junior.
Oscar Otte reached the semifinals without a fight
The German Oscar Otte, meanwhile, won his quarter-finals in Stuttgart without a fight and has reached a semi-final on the ATP tour for the second time in his tennis career. The man from Cologne didn’t even have to play on Friday because his opponent Benjamin Bonzi from France withdrew due to abdominal pain, according to the organizer. In the semi-finals of the 769,645 euro grass event on Saturday, Otte will meet the winner of the quarter-finals between the two Italians Matteo Berrettini and Lorenzo Sonego.
Otte surprisingly prevailed against Canadian Shapovalov
Otte was the only German quarter-finalist in the preparatory tournament for the grass classic in Wimbledon. In the first two rounds, the 28-year-old won the German duel with Daniel Altmaier from Kempen and surprisingly beat Canadian Denis Shapovalov.
