ROTTERDAM: Stefanos Tsitsipas had to dig deep to edge out Poland’s Hubert Hurkacz on Thursday in three sets to set up a quarter-final against Karen Khachanov in Rotterdam.

The Greek second seed dropped the second set but won in a tight decider on his third match point, securing a 6-4, 4-6, 7-5 victory.

The world number six is the favourite for the title, after the early exits of top seed Daniil Medvedev and Alexander Zverev in the Netherlands.

Earlier on Thursday, Zverev’s conqueror Alexander Bublik lost 6-7 (5/7), 6-3, 6-1 to American Tommy Paul.

Frenchman Jeremy Chardy ended David Goffin’s hopes of back-to-back ATP titles with a 7-6 (7-3), 7-6 (7-5) win.

Published in Dawn, March 6th, 2021