At Roland-Garros,

We had the impression for a long time that he would complete it in three sets, but as a man proud of his roots, Stefanos Tsitsiapas brought a little dramaturgy to this semi-final.

Raised by Alexander Zverev after having strangely cut off the contact when he was leading two sets to nothing, he even came very close to the correctional, being led 0-40 from the first game of the fifth round.

But the Greek has resources, and he ended up gaining the upper hand over the German to advance to his very first Grand Slam final - after dropping five match points, just to stay in the theme.

On the verge of tears at the end of the match, and even a little more, he remembered the little boy he was and what he wanted to do with his life, devoted entirely to tennis in the footsteps of his mother, ex-great Soviet hope.

“I can only think of my roots, where I come from, a very small place.

My dream was to play in a big stadium like that, at Roland Garros.

It's beautiful, ”he said at the microphone of Marion Bartoli.

"My heart and my body on the court"

The first player from his country to make a major tournament final, Tsitsipas couldn't be prouder.

“There were a lot of people today waving flags and supporting me in Greek, it was very important to me.

I am very happy that Greece is now more part of the tennis community.

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A little later, at a press conference, he had come to his senses.

More calm, but no less happy to have gotten out of this mess.

“This victory really means a lot, it was a difficult game, full of emotions, I had to go through a lot, he observed.

In the end it was a huge relief.

It was exhausting, and I'm happy to have been able to complete this meeting.

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At 22, the world number 5 will now discover the joys and tensions of a last march to glory.

“I never thought I would get there so quickly,” he said.

This final is a source of enthusiasm for me, I will put my heart and my body on the court.

We have no doubts about what we know of the good man.

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