Stefanos Tsitsipas trashes Benoit Paire 6-3 6-1 in the 1st round in Acapulco on Tuesday after playing a solid match to clash against John Isner in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 8 minutes with benoit Paire after absent during the match.
Stefanos added to his prize money $ 8,465 after winning this match. He has won already $ 19,925 after this win. If he wins the next match, the Greek will add $ 11,955 to his earnings to get in total $ 31,880 in total.
Tsitsipas was happy about the outcome of the contest. He had the difficult task of keeping his focus while on the other side of the net Paire was having a rather bizarre behavior. He commented:
“I didn’t know what to expect from Benoit today. I think it’s kind of tricky playing a tournament you haven’t played before.
I felt very responsible and very truthful to the way I was playing and the way I was fighting so that was really nice to see. The crowd brought all the energy, they backed me up, they supported me throughout the entire match.”
Highlights Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Benoit Paire Abierto Mexicano Telcel – Acapulco
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:08
At the end of the match, the Greek scored 66 points vs. the French player’s 45.
Tsitsipas
Tsitsipas served very well to win 84% of the points (27/32) behind his first serve. However he won only 44% points (8/18) on his second serve. Stefanos was pretty focused in converting 57% of the break points that he procured (4/7).
Paire
On the other side, Benoit wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/2). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this match, the head to head between Tsitsipas and Paire is 2-1 for Stefanos.
Draw and next match H2H: Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. John Isner – stats
Tsitsipas will come up against Isner in the 2nd round.
This will be the 5th time that Stefanos Tsitsipas and John Isner square off. The head to head is 2-2 for Tsitsipas and Isner (see full H2H stats), 2-1 on hard.
The last time that they played each other, Isner won 6-4 7-68 7-64 in the 4th round in London back in 2018.
Live score progression and stats
Tsitsipas got off on the right foot in the set after breaking Isner in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. That was sufficient for the Greek to win the set (6-3) since there were no other breaks anymore.
They contested 60 points. The Greek won 8 points more than the French player (34-26). The Greek surrendered 7 points on serve (19-7). On the other side, the French player conceded 15 points on serve (19-15).
Tsitsipas had a head start at the beginning of the set to break Isner in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating his break and lead 4-0. The Greek managed to strengthen his lead after breaking Benoit in the 3rd (3-0) and in the 7th (6-1) game before winning the set.
One of the most important stints of the set was when the Greek won 4 consecutive games in the 2nd set to change the score from 0-0 to 4-0.
They contested 49 points. The Greek was the one to win the set after conquering 17 points more than the French player (33-16). The Greek lost 8 points on serve (15-8). on the other side of the court, the French player conceded 18 points on serve (8-18).
Tennis Scores in Acapulco
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- Milos RaonicRaonic – Tommy PaulPaul (7-66 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic – Feliciano LopezLopez (6-4 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Cameron NorrieNorrie – Stefan KozlovKozlov (6-3 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Brandon NakashimaNakashima (6-4 6-75 7-65) – Stats and score progression
- Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Adrian MannarinoMannarino (6-4 3-0 ret.) – Stats and score progression
- Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – Diego Sebastian SchwartzmanSebastian Schwartzman (6-3 2-6 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Fabio FogniniFognini – Stefano TravagliaTravaglia (7-5 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Benoit PairePaire (6-3 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Sebastian KordaKorda – Marin CilicCilic (7-5 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- John IsnerIsner – Salvatore CarusoCaruso (6-4 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Laslo DjereDjere – Steve JohnsonJohnson (6-2 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Alexander ZverevZverev – Carlos Alcaraz GarfiaAlcaraz Garfia (6-3 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime – Tennys SandgrenSandgren (6-3 7-68) – Stats and score progression
- Dominik KoepferKoepfer – Gerardo Lopez VillasenorLopez Villasenor (6-4 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Casper RuudRuud – Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan (6-4 6-1) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Fabio FogniniFognini – Cameron NorrieNorrie (1-0) – H2H details and stats
- Laslo DjereDjere – Alexander ZverevZverev (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – John IsnerIsner (2-2) – H2H details and stats
- Casper RuudRuud – Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Dominik KoepferKoepfer – Milos RaonicRaonic (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic – Grigor DimitrovDimitrov (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Sebastian KordaKorda – Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – Frances TiafoeTiafoe (0-0) – H2H details and stats
