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A shoe mishap struck Greek top seed Stefanos Tsitsipas for a third consecutive match Friday at the ATP Washington Open but couldn't stop him from continuing his impressive run. Tsitsipas, who will rise to world number five on Monday, defeated French 10th s‘Shoe-gate’ continues for Tsitsipas in Washington
A shoe mishap struck Greek top seed Stefanos Tsitsipas for a third consecutive match Friday at the ATP Washington Open but couldn't stop him from continuing his impressive run. Tsitsipas, who will rise to world number five on Monday, defeated French 10th seed Benoit Paire 7-5, 6-0 in a 74-minute quarter-final, but not until after his laces broke at a key moment and he changed to a new left shoe. That delay brought complaints from Paire and a statement shoe change by the Frenchman in what quickly became known as «Shoe-gate.» With Tsitsipas up 2-0 and serving at deuce, his left shoelaces broke and he delayed the game while going to his chair for a new shoe. "My laces are br...Keep on reading: ‘Shoe-gate’ continues for Tsitsipas in Washington Read more











