Stefanos Tsitsipas produced a clinical performance to storm into the semi-finals of the French Open with a 7-5 6-2 6-3 victory over Andrey Rublev.

Tsitsipas’s only moments of concern came in the opening set when Russian Rublev, the 13th seed, made a brisk opening to lead 5-3.

Yet four games later, Rublev had surrendered the set, and barely more than an hour later, he had lost the match, winning only five more games in what proved a one-sided encounter with the No.5 seed.

“I’ve been feeling really comfortable on this court and despite a bad start and being a break down I remembered what a big fighter I am,” Tsitsipas told the sparse crowd on Court Philippe Chatrier afterwards.

“It’s about fighting and trying to find solutions at difficult moments. I managed to get my brain working and found solutions.

“Roland Garros is a tournament I have been watching since I was a kid and always dreamed of playing on these courts.

“I used to skip classes at school to watch it. That’s how much I like this tournament. It’s a dream come true playing here and in front of the public.”

Tsitsipas had led by two sets and 5-1 only to lose to Borna Coric at the US Open last month, and just last Sunday in the Hamburg final he served at 5-3 up in the deciding set against Rublev, only to lose it 7-5.

There was no such drama here, though, as the 22-year-old held to love, finishing Rublev off with a volley at the net to reach his second grand slam semi-final and his first in Paris.