Stefanos Tsitsipas and Jannik Sinner may enjoy a great and prolonged rivalry in the years to come. Both are great prospects for tennis and they are just 3 years apart. Stefanos and Janni are in the French Open quarters for the first time in their young career.
Tsitsipas and his opinion about Jannik Sinner
After beating Grigor Dimitrov in the 4th round in Paris, Stefanos was asked to comment about Sinner. The Greek ace lost to the upcoming Italian a couple of weeks ago and therefore he is really in the position of giving his opinion. Tsitsipas said that he is impressed by Sinner’s talent, and his capacity to stay calm on court. In addition, the Italian can really on his height (1.88 m) and the fact that he has extremely powerful shots.
The world no.6 was also able to talk about how much the Italian has improved. In fact, he faced him in Rome also in 2019 when he beat him 6-3 6-2. According to Stefanos, the 19-year-old has also improved a lot his movements.
Tsitsipas at the French Open, ranking, and results in 2020
Now the world no.6, the Greek has a 24-9 win-loss record in 2020. Stefanos is playing at the French Open where he overcame Jaume Antoni Munar Clar 4-6 2-6 6-1 6-4 6-4, Pablo Cuevas 6-1 6-4 6-2, Aljaz Bedene 6-1 6-2 3-1 ret. and Grigor Dimitrov 6-3 7-69 6-2.
Stefanos Tsitsipas will face Rublev in the quarter. The head to head is 3-1 for Rublev.
Tsitsipas has won 1 title in 2020 in Marseille. Stefanos got to the final in Dubai and in Hamburg.
Stefanos won 5 titles in his career: 1 on clay courts and 4 on indoor courts. (See the list of his titles)
Sinner at the French Open, ranking, and results in 2020
Ranked no.75, Sinner has a 11-11 win-loss record in 2020. Jannik is now having a run at the French Open where he bested David Goffin 7-5 6-0 6-3, Benjamin Bonzi 6-2 6-4 6-4, Federico Coria 6-3 7-5 7-5 and Alexander Zverev 6-3 6-3 4-6 6-3.
Jannik Sinner will compete against Nadal in the quarter. They have never competed against each other until now in top events.
Stefanos Tsitsipas and Jannik Sinner played each other twice. The head to head is 1-1. The last time that they played each other, Jannik Sinner won 6-1 6-79 6-2 in the 2nd round in Rome (Internazionali BNL d’Italia) on the 16th of September 2020.
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