Fifth seed Stefano Tsitsipas reached the French Open semi-finals for the second consecutive year after beating second seed Daniil Medvedev 6-3, 7-6(3), 7-5 on Tuesday night. The Greek will next take on Germany's sixth seed Alexander Zverev, who overcame Alejandro Davidovich Fokina in straight sets 6-4, 6-1, 6-1 in just one hour and 36 minutes to claim a place in the clay-court major semi-finals for the first time in his career. 

Tsitsipas leads Zverev 5-2 in their previous seven encounters, but the German was the winner of the most recent one, outlasting the other in Acapulco, Mexico, earlier this year. "I feel privileged that I'm in that position, and I feel obviously I've put in a lot of daily hard work (that) has been a key element of me being here," Tsitsipas said. "But, you know, my ego tells me I want more." Medvedev, however, has set his own best in Paris as he started this year's tournament with an embarrassing 0-4 record in Paris -- losing four times in the first round. Tsitsipas went into the match strong, just like what he did since the beginning of this year. He served flawlessly in the opening set, winning 17 of 20 first-serve points and executing an 83 per cent first-serve percentage.