Greek tennis star Stefanos Tsitsipas has had some success in the Tour events that followed his exit at Melbourne Park.
He reached the last-four at Rotterdam and followed it up with a quarter-final appearance at Marseille.
Now Stefanos Tsitsipas and Alexander Zverev will duel for the ATP title in Acapulco, the top two seeds advancing with straight-set semi-final wins on Friday.
World number five Tsitsipas of Greece beat Italian qualifier Lorenzo Musetti 6-1, 6-3 to reach his first final of 2021.
“I am really looking forward to the final,” said Tsitsipas, who has won five of six prior encounters with the German. “Sascha is someone I’ve played against in the past and it’s never easy. We’re both really hungry and we’re both very competitive.”
Tsitsipas needed just 79 minutes to end the run of 120th-ranked Musetti, the world No. 120 who had reached his second career semi-final in just his fourth ATP main draw appearance.
He stormed through the first set, but didn’t get a break chance in the second until the seventh game, when he broke his 19-year-old Italian opponent at love.
The Greek’s aggressive approach and attacking forays into the net, which was especially in evidence in his fourth-round win over big-serving American John Isner, has fetched him good returns
