Epic achievement. Greek tennis star Stefanos Tsitsipas beat world number two and five-time champion Rafael Nadal in his home country Spain in the semifinals of the Mutual Madrid Open.
The 20-year-old Greek won with sets 6-4, 2-6, 6-3.
The Greek tennis star had previously lost three times to the “King of Clay.”
On Sunday’s finals, Tsitsipas plays against world number one, Serbian Novak Djokovic.
Tsitsipas is set to move up to a new-career high when the next rankings are released on Monday.
Currently ranked ninth in the world (with a career-best of number eight), Tsitsipas will be seventh with a loss against Djokovic, or sixth with a win, notes agonasports.
Tsitsipas’ fans celebrated the great victory on social media.
Stefanos #Tsitsipas (8) 🇬🇷
6-4, 2-6, 6-3
✔ Stefanos will play tomorrow his 2nd Masters 1000 final (Toronto 2018)
✔ Leader of the year in victories: 27
✔ 🔟 victories over Top 10 of his career
✔32 winners 🇬🇷 / 28 🇪🇸
✔36 Unforced errors 🇬🇷 /31🇪🇸
✔⌚2:34
✔Aces 5 🇬🇷 / 1 🇪🇸 pic.twitter.com/NboyBnn5CI— KDJE (@KDJE_tennis) May 11, 2019
#Tsitsipas is such a fighter damn boy! #MadridOpen pic.twitter.com/A1Fd3xWWu7
— Adrian Ben (@AdrianBen6) May 11, 2019
#Tsitsipas @StefTsitsipas Well done once again🇬🇷🎾✔ pic.twitter.com/KqGL8v7dA7
— Danae (@Danae_gal_) May 11, 2019
Later on Sunday, Tsitsipas lost to Djokovic.
