Sports News | Fritz Stuns Defending Champion Tsitsipas in Monte Carlo

Monaco, Apr 14 (AP) American Taylor Fritz upset two-time defending champion Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-2, 6-4 to reach the Monte Carlo Masters semifinals on Friday.

Second-seeded Tsitsipas was on a 12-match winning streak on the French Cote d'Azur, where he claimed his two Masters 1000 titles.

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“I stuck to the strategy of pulling the trigger and not letting him dictate with his forehand,” the No. 8 seed Fritz said.

Tsitsipas broke back to 4-4 in the second set, but then Fritz broke his serve easily for 5-4 and closed out the match with an ace for a love hold.

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Fritz will next face fifth-seeded Andrey Rublev of Russia, who beat German qualifier Jan-Lennard Struff 6-1, 7-6 (5).

The top two seeds have now been knocked out of the clay-court tournament following Novak Djokovic's exit in the third round on Thursday. (AP)

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