Tennis thriller

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Novak Djokovic

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Tennis star Novak Djokovic can continue to dream of his first Olympic gold medal. The Serb beat the Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas 6:3, 7:6(3) in his quarter-final on Thursday to reach the semi-finals at the Summer Games in Paris. 

Djokovic was already 2:5 down in the second set of his quarter-final and had to fend off several set points from Tsitsipas. At 0:3, he received medical assistance and had his right leg treated. Djokovic then even trailed 0:4 before turning the match around.

Here are the statistics for the match:

Olympic gold is the one major title Djokovic still lacks in his collection of successes. Three years ago in Tokyo, he was beaten in the semi-finals by eventual Olympic champion Alexander Zverev. There would have been a rematch in Paris if Zverev had won his match against the Italian Lorenzo Musetti. However, the German lost 5:7, 5:7 and then revealed physical problems.

Now against Musetti
Djokovic will now play Musetti on Friday, as he did in the semi-final at Wimbledon. At the grass court classic in London, Djokovic won the duel before losing out to Carlos Alcaraz in the final. The Spaniard defeated the American Tommy Paul 6:3, 7:6(7) on Thursday and will now face the Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime, who in turn beat Casper Ruud 6:4, 6:7(8), 6:3.

There will be a surprise winner in the women's singles: The absolute top favorite and number one in the world, Iga Swiatek, had to succumb to China's Zheng Qinwen 2:6,5:7 in the semi-finals. 

Women's singles - semifinals:

Zheng Qinwen (CHN-6) - Iga Swiatek (POL-1) 6:2,7:5

Donna Vekic (CRO-13) - Anna Karolina Schmiedlova (SVK) 6:4,6:0

Final: Zheng - Vekic

Men's singles - quarter-finals:

Novak Djokovic (SRB-1) - Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE-8) 6:3,7:6(3)

Carlos Alcaraz (ESP-2) - Tommy Paul (USA-9) 6:3,7:6(7)

Felix Auger-Aliassime (CAN-13) - Casper Ruud (NOR-6) 6:4,6:7(8),6:3

Lorenzo Musetti (ITA-11) - Alexander Zverev (GER-3) 7:5,7:5

Semifinals:

Djokovic - Musetti

Alcaraz - Auger-Aliassime