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Patna : World No 4 Stefanos Tsitsipas, 23, Greece, survived Jiri Lehecka scare to reach the final of ABN Amro World Tennis Tournament, an ATP 500 event, at Rotterdam, Netherlands, on February 12, 2022. Tsitsipas beat qualifier Jiri Lehecka, 20 Czech Republic, in three-sets 4-6, 6-4, 6-2 in 1hr 52 minutes in semi-final rallying back from one set down.
Tsitsipas will face the winner of second semi-final between World No 7 Andrey Rublev, 24, Russia, the defending champion, and World No 9 Felix Auger-Aliassime, 21, Canada, in the final.
Tsitsipas won 3 break points in the match to 1 by World No 137 Lehecka. The Greek won 5 games in a row during the match to 3 by Czech Lehecka. The Czech fired 7 Aces during the match to 5 by Tsitsipas. The Greek, in all, won 94 points during the match to 81 by the Czech. Lehecka committed 6 double faults to 1 by Tsitsipas.