Stefanos Tsitsipas had to go through some… ups and downs to secure a spot in the quarterfinals at Gstaad. The Greek champion found himself in a tough spot against Jérôme Kim, but in the end he showed grit and clinched the victory in the third-set tiebreaker, sealing his spot in the next round.

The match had begun yesterday, but bad weather and then darkness interrupted it at 5-5 in the third set. Today, when play resumed, Tsitsipas came out more focused, knowing that even the slightest mistake could cost him the match.

This followed a first set in which Stef secured the only break of the match and a second set in which Kim held off the only break point he faced, sending the set to a tie-break and leveling the score at 7-2, capitalizing on the Greek player’s errors.

In the decisive third set, Tsitsipas found himself down 1-3 in the tiebreak, but from that point on he stepped up his game, avoided errors, and won six of the next eight points, completing the comeback. His advancement was accompanied by an intense outburst, a sign of the pressure that had built up.

With this victory, Tsitsipas advances to the quarterfinals of the Swiss Open Gstaad, demonstrating that despite the difficulties, he remains capable of finding solutions at the most challenging moments of a match.

*photo source: AP