"Things got difficult but I waited for an opportunity" says Tsitsipas after edging out Sonego

The match featured a sensational effort from Sonego who is a very dangerous player on his day and yesterday was a very good day for him. Tsitsipas lost the opening set 5-7 but came back to win moving to another quarterfinal. On the match he said:

"He was going for every single shot and his footwork was close to unbelievable. He can do damage against high-ranked players. Things got really difficult in a few moments but I stayed there and waited for the opportunity to present itself."

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Tsitsipas will face Felix Auger-Aliassime next after the Canadian scored somewhat of a surprising win over Matteo Berrettini. The Canadian is playing much better tennis in Cincinnati compared to Toronto. Tsitsipas holds a 4-2 H2H score against the Canadian with their most recent match coming in Barcelona on clay.

Stefanos said:

“The surface conditions are different. He’s someone who grew up playing on hard courts. I’m up for that challenge and I want to be able to show great determination and consistency. He’s someone that plays really well and I always find it challenging trying to come up with different patterns and solutions against him.”