Stefanos Tsitsipas beaten at Madrid Open as lucky loser Jan-Lennard Struff turns in sensational display

Stefanos Tsitsipas was beaten at the Madrid Open as lucky loser Jan-Lennard Struff turned in a sensational display to win in three sets 7-6 5-7 6-3. Struff will take on Aslan Karatsev in the semi-finals, after the Russian had earlier defeated Zhizhen Zhang. Ad In a remarkable twist of fate, Struff will face Karatsev for the second time in the tournament, after the pair met in qualifying, with Karatsev winning in straight sets.

ATP MadridHighlights: Tsitsipas beats Zapata Miralles to reach quarters in MadridYESTERDAY AT 06:51 Struff, however, got the benefit of being called back into the draw as a lucky loser, and how he has made the most of that this week with wins over the likes of Lorenzo Sonego, Ben Shelton and now Tsitsipas taking him to a first Masters 1000 semi-final, after reaching the quarter-finals last month in Monte Carlo. «It's an amazing journey here,» Struff said. «I never thought last week that when I lost the match against Aslan that we would meet now in the semi-finals, it's just unreal.

»I played a pretty good match [against Tsitsipas]. He was better in the first set, I somehow won the set, I stayed in my service games. I served pretty well in important moments.