I should have trusted my instincts earlier, says beaten Tsitsipas

Stefanos Tsitsipas said he regretted not playing his usual instinctive game earlier in his 6-3 6-2 5-7 4-6 6-1 semi-final defeat against world number one Novak Djokovic at the French Open on Friday. The world number six, however, believes he made a “huge mistake” by not being more instinctive early in the match on court Philippe Chatrier. “I wish I could have figured certain things earlier which, I don't know, I felt like it was a total demolition, the fact that I tried those things in practice and tried to implement them in the match,” Tsitsipas, who saved a match point in the third set, told a news conference.