Tsitsipas on Bellucci, his Rotterdam opponent: "Her level is higher than her ranking".

Stefanos Tsitsipas takes on Mattia Bellucci this Friday at the ATP 500 Rotterdam.

The Italian is the surprise guest of these quarter-finals, having eliminated Daniil Medvedev in three sets.

The Greek had this to say about Bellucci: "I just have to adapt to his style of play. I have experience with left-handed players.

Some of them have a particular way of playing against right-handers. I've seen him a few times, and he plays well.

I was surprised that he had to go through the qualifiers, because in my opinion, from a tennis point of view, his level is superior to that played in the qualifiers and to his ranking.

I knew I'd have a good chance of meeting him here. He's won some good matches and he's one of those who can succeed here."