In the quarterfinals of the ATP-250 tournament in Antwerp, Czech Jiri Legechka will play against Stefanos Tsitsipas from Greece.
Jiri Legechka
The 22-year-old Czech representative shows a very confident game in Belgium. Legechka started in Antwerp on October 15, in the 1/16 finals Jiri played a confident match and beat Jaume Munar from Spain in two sets – 6:1; 6:4.
Yesterday, in the 1/8 finals, Legechka again had a confident match and was able to beat Daniel Altmaier from Germany in two sets – 6:4; 6:3. The tennis players spent one hour and fifteen minutes on the court.
Jiri Legechka is currently ranked 33rd in the ATP rankings.
Stefanos Tsitsipas
The 26-year-old representative of Greece, in turn, started in singles only yesterday. In the 1/8 finals, Tsitsipas was expected to have a difficult match, but still managed to beat Thiago Zabota-Wild from Brazil in three sets – 7:6 (7:5); 4:6; 7:5. In the first set, both tennis players worked competently on their serves throughout the game and eventually it came down to it. before the tie-break. In the tiebreak, Stefanos played a little more steadily and eventually was able to close the game in his favor. In the second set, Stefanos and Thiago again initially worked competently on their serves, but with the score 3:3 in games, the Greek still lost the game on his serve and eventually settled for 3:5. After that, Zabotwild confidently brought the game to victory. In the decisive set, Thiago and Stefanos again worked competently on their serves for a long time, which made the game protracted for the second time in the match. With a score of 5:5 in terms of games, Tsitsipas saved the game on his serve from the score of 15:40, and then the representative of Greece already made the coveted break for himself and eventually put a "point" in the match. The tennis players spent two hours and twenty minutes on the court.
Stefanos Tsitsipas and Thiago Zabotwild played for the last time on March 12 at the Masters in Indian Wells. Then, on the hard court in the 1/8 finals, Legechka made a sensation and won in two sets – 6:2; 6:4.
Forecast
Jiri Legechka is considered a slight favorite by the bookmakers in this match. So far, in Belgium, the Czech is playing more steadily and, with the right attitude, Legechka is quite capable of winning an important victory for himself.