Tennis: Tsitsipas overcame Zverev to reach China Open final

Stefanos Tsitsipas needed all his mental strength to overcome Alexander Zverev 7-6, 6-4 in a dramatic semi-final at the China Open . Tsitsipas was forced to save three consecutive set points in the first-set tie-break and almost let a 5-1 lead slip in the second set, before converting his sixth match point. Tsitsipas, who improves to 42-20 at tour-level this season, is now through to his fifth tour-level championship match of the year following his one-hour, 51-minute victory.