Stefanos Tsitsipas mullers Gilles Simon 6-1 6-2 6-1 in the 1st round in Melbourne on Tuesday after playing a terrific match to come up against Thanasi Kokkinakis in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 32 minutes. His best achievement in this competition was reaching the semifinal in 2019. Here you can see his history at this event.
Tsitsipas was happy about the outcome of the contest. He commented:
“The more matches I get, I think contributes a lot to my confidence and I think confidence has made me win a lot of matches. Without it, I don’t know where I would be. I see [confidence] as something that I need, as an additive to my game and something that is going to contribute to a lot of important victories for my career.”
Live score progression and stats
Tsitsipas came out strong at the beginning of the set after breaking Simon in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 5-0. Stefanos extended his lead after breaking Simon in the 4th (4-0) game before winning the set (6-1).
A defining moment of this set was when Stefanos won 5 consecutive games in the 1st set so as to change the score from 0-0 to 5-0.
Tsitsipas was spot on in converting all his break points in the 2nd (1-0 15-40) and the 4th game (3-0 30-40). On the other side, Tsitsipas didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 35 points. Stefanos conquered the set after winning 15 more points than Simon (25-10). The Greek was extremely solid on serve to concede just 3 points (16-3). Regarding the other side of the net, Gilles conceded 9 points on serve (7-9).
The Greek in this set was more solid than Gilles and finally he won 6-2 after breaking Simon in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 5th (4-1) game.
A defining moment of this set was when Tsitsipas won 5 consecutive games in the 2nd set so as to convert the score from 0-1 to 5-1.
Stefanos converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 40-A) and the 5th game (3-1 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Tsitsipas didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 46 points. Stefanos won 10 more points than the French player (28-18). The Greek dropped 5 points on serve (16-5). On the losing side, Simon conceded 12 points on serve (13-12).
Tsitsipas had a boost of confidence at the beginning of the set after breaking Simon in the 1st game (1-0). The Greek extended his lead after breaking Simon in the 5th (4-1) and in the 7th (6-1) game before conquering the set.
Simon was completely wiped out in the last 4 games of the set when the game count went from 2-1 to 6-1.
The Greek converted 60% of his break points (3/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40 and 30-40), the 5th (3-1 0-40 and 15-40) and the 7th game (5-1 15-40). On the other side, Tsitsipas didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 42 points. Tsitsipas won 14 points more than the French player (28-14). The Greek was extremely solid on serve to drop just 4 points (12-4). on the other side of the net, Gilles conceded 16 points on serve (10-16).
Tsitsipas added to his prize money $ 50,000 after conquering this match. He has won already $ 150,000 after this win. If he wins the next match, the Greek will add $ 65,000 to his earnings to get in total $ 215,000 in total.
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the Greek scored 82 points vs. the French player’s 42.
Tsitsipas
The Greek served very well to win 82% of the points (27/33) behind his first serve, and he won 74% points (17/23) on his second serve. The Greek was pretty effective at converting 70% of the break points that he procured (7/10).
Simon
On the other side, the French player wasn’t able to conquer any break point. However, Stefanos was just to good and Gilles had no opportunity to win this match.
After this match, the head to head between Tsitsipas and Simon is 1-0 for Stefanos.
Draw and next match H2H: Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Thanasi Kokkinakis – stats
Tsitsipas will face Kokkinakis in the 2nd round.
There is no head to head record between Stefanos Tsitsipas and Thanasi Kokkinakis since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
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