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Watch: Stefanos Tsitsipas Shows His Dance Moves To Crowd After Win Over Daniil Medvedev In Cincinnati Masters

Stefanos Tsitsipas defeated Daniil Medvedev in Saturday's semi-final match of the men's singles event at the ongoing Cincinnati Masters. Tsitsipas won the first set 7-6 (8/6) before losing the second one 3-6. However, the Greek tennis star made a good comeback to win the deciding set 6-3 and also the match. As soon as he finished the contest, Tsitsipas stood still in front of the crowd and then presented his dances moves to double their joy after the nail-biting semi-final match.

Stefanos Tsitsipas celebrates 'courageous' victory over Daniil Medvedev to reach Cincinnati Masters final

Stefanos Tsitsipas described his tactics to beat Daniil Medvedev as «courageous» as he reached the final of the Cincinnati Open. The Greek fourth seed defeated the world No. 1 7-6(6) 3-6 6-3 by rushing to the net and attempting to nullify his opponent’s ability to play from deep on the court.

Stefanos Tsitsipas downs Daniil Medvedev to set up Borna Coric clash in Cincinnati Open final

Tsitsipas saved a set point in the opening tie-break to take the lead but collapsed in stunning fashion in the second set, falling behind 5-0 before narrowly avoiding a bagel. But the Greek, who had just two wins in nine matches against Medvedev coming into the encounter, raised his game in the decider and broke the U.S. Open champion at 3-2 before comfortably serving out the match with some exquisite net play.

Tsitsipas downs Medvedev to set up Coric clash in Cincinnati final

:Fourth seed Stefanos Tsitsipas edged world number one Daniil Medvedev 7-6(6) 3-6 6-3 in an absorbing semi-final at the Cincinnati Open on Saturday to set up a summit clash with Borna Coric after the Croatian's 6-3 6-4 win over Cameron Norrie.

Cincinnati Masters: Stefanos Tsitsipas Beats Daniil Medvedev To Book Final Clash

Top-ranked Daniil Medvedev committed 11 double-faults in falling to Stefanos Tsitsipas 7-6 (8/6), 3-6, 6-3 in Sunday's semi-finals of the ATP and WTA Cincinnati Masters. Medvedev helped seal his own fate in the sixth game of the final set as he double-faulted four times to hand his Greek opponent to a 4-2 lead. Tsitsipas will play for the title on Sunday against Croatian Borna Coric, who returned to an ATP Masters final for the first time in four years by defeating Britain's Cameron Norrie 6-3, 6-4.

Daniil Medvedev returns to final four in Cincinnati, Elena Rybakina out

Cincinnati Masters on Friday. Top seed Medvedev fired 18 aces among 30 winners in a 7-6 (7/1), 6-3 defeat of Taylor Fritz in their Friday quarter-final. Tsitsipas, semifinalist at the last two editions, weathered a brief first-set rain interruption on the way to his 7-6 (7/5), 5-7, 6-3 defeat of John Isner, playing here for the 15th time at age 37 and the oldest quarterfinalist since 1969. The Greek fourth seed won the opening set in a tiebreaker but found himself level at a set each after Isner slammed down an overhead to break in the penultimate game and served to square the match a game later. In the third, Tsitsipas secured a break for 4-3 as Isner went wide; the seed sent over a service winner on his first match point to advance after more than two and a quarter hours despite 18 Isner aces.

Medvedev and Tsitsipas defuse American bombers to set up Cincinnati showdown

World number one Daniil Medvedev and fourth seed Stefanos Tsitsipas defused big-serving American threats Taylor Fritz and John Isner on Friday to reach the semi-finals of the Cincinnati Open.

Cook revels in front of Munich crowd

By Will Jennings in MunichSophie cook says sparkling in front of a pole vault-hooked German crowd was an experience she will never forget. The Dudley athlete, 27, delivered a solid showing in Wednesday night's European Championship final with a ninth-place finish behind British teammate Molly Caudery. Ad Cook cleared the bar at 4.40m in Munich after claiming a brilliant personal best of 4.50m in Monday morning's qualifying.

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Watch: Stefanos Tsitsipas Shows His Dance Moves To Crowd After Win Over Daniil Medvedev In Cincinnati Masters

Stefanos Tsitsipas celebrates 'courageous' victory over Daniil Medvedev to reach Cincinnati Masters final

Stefanos Tsitsipas downs Daniil Medvedev to set up Borna Coric clash in Cincinnati Open final

Tsitsipas downs Medvedev to set up Coric clash in Cincinnati final

Cincinnati Masters: Stefanos Tsitsipas Beats Daniil Medvedev To Book Final Clash

Daniil Medvedev returns to final four in Cincinnati, Elena Rybakina out

Medvedev and Tsitsipas defuse American bombers to set up Cincinnati showdown

Cook revels in front of Munich crowd