BARCELONA, Spain — Stefanos Tsitsipas beat Lorenzo Musetti in three units to achieve the ultimate of the Barcelona Open for a 3rd time on Saturday.

The fifth-ranked Greek noticed off Musetti 6-4, 5-7, 6-3 on the outside clay courtroom.

Tsitsipas will face both defending champion Carlos Alcaraz or Daniel Evans on Sunday.

Both gamers struggled with their service video games. Tsitsipas transformed six of his 11 break factors, whereas Musetti made good on 5 of 10.

“It was very physical out there,” mentioned Tsitsipas, who improved his file towards Musetti to 4-0. “We had to cover lots of meters on the court and he had some incredible defensive shots that I really didn’t expect at all. It was such a mental challenge.”

Tsitsipas reached the ultimate at Barcelona in 2018 and 2021, shedding each instances to 12-time winner Rafael Nadal. Nadal missed this yr’s version resulting from a hip injuring that has sidelined him since January.

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