Greek Stefanos Tsitipas, the first seed at the Mifel Tennis Open by Telcel Oppo, knew it was going to be a difficult duel against Nicolás Jarry (No. 28). The Chilean comes from playing solid weeks on the circuit, where he even took Carlos Alcaraz to four sets at Wimbledon and during the seventh edition of the ATP 250 tournament in Los Cabos, he did not disappoint by offering quite a show against the favorite in the stellar duel of the Mextennis Stadium.

However, the world No. 5 managed to come back from a battle that lasted 3 hours, with two tie breaks in the first two sets, to finally settle the score in his favor 6-7(6), 7-6(4). ), 6-2 and thus continue his debut in the Mexican tournament with perfect pace.

It was the first hard-court meeting between the two, since the two previous times that the Chilean had beaten Tsitsipas was on grass, while Stefanos had a previous victory against him on clay. Now the favorite on the ATP 250, he continues to search for his tenth tour title and first in 2023 after regaining his focus.

“I feel good and we are going for the next one. Sometimes it seems that these types of matches are necessary for continuity in a tournament. You get to play tennis at a high intensity at a great level. I hope I can move stronger from now on and take as much as I can” assured an exhausted Stefanos Tsitsipas after their match.

While Jarry, who even felt bad during the match due to the physical demand in which the game unfolded, confessed that “There is progress, I try to stay with that. This is how the games against the best are, they are small details that we have to make ourselves strong and it is the only way to do it. These types of players don't give you one” he concluded after 1 in the morning in Los Cabos.

At the end of the duel, it was the turn of the Croatian Borna Coric against Ilya Ivashka, where without major setbacks the fourth seed managed to beat the Belarusian 6-3, 6-4 to seal his pass to the semifinals in Los Cabos where he will face Stefanos this Friday Tsitsipas