Tsitsipas dispatches Paire in the 3rd round. HIGHLIGHTS, INTERVIEW – AUSTRALIAN OPEN RESULTS

AUSTRALIAN OPEN - MELBOURNE DRAW AND RESULTS. Tsitsipas tops Paire to play Taylor Harry Fritz in the 4th round

By
Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Benoit Paire

Stefanos Tsitsipas tops Benoit Paire 6-3 7-5 6-7(2) 6-4 in the 3rd round in Melbourne on Saturday. Tsitsipas will try to go further in the tournament when playing against Taylor Harry Fritz in the 4th round. The match lasted 2 hours and 42 minutes. His best result in this competition was reaching the semifinal in 2019 and 2021. Here you can see his history at this event.

Tsitsipas
Melbourne
Tsitsipas's Record

Tsitsipas added to his prize money $ 120,000 after conquering this match. He has won already $ 300,000 after this win. If he wins the next match, Stefanos will add $ 300,000 to his earnings to get in total $ 600,000 in total.

Highlights Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Benoit Paire Australian Open – Melbourne

Tsitsipas’s Interview

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Tsitsipas
Paire
Stefanos Tsitsipas
6-3 7-5 6-72
6-4
2h:42
Benoit Paire
141
141
Total points
116
116
59
59
Winners
58
58
42%
42%
Ratio Winners
50%
50%
26
26
Unforced
50
50
34%
34%
Ratio Unforced
66%
66%
19/32
19/32
Net Approaches
32/44
32/44
59%
59%
Perc
73%
73%
-- Serve --
21
21
Aces
11
11
2
2
Double Faults
9
9
56%
56%
1st in
54%
54%
89%
89%
1st won
77%
77%
59/66
59/66
1st won
58/75
58/75
65%
65%
2nd won
51%
51%
33/51
33/51
2nd won
33/65
33/65
219
219
Fastest serve
206
206
194
194
AVG 1st Serve
186
186
153
153
AVG 2nd Serve
143
143
-- Break Points --
3/11
3/11
Total
0/2
0/2
27%
27%
Won
0%
0%
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At the end of the match, the Greek scored 141 points vs. Benoit’s 116.

Tsitsipas

Tsitsipas served pretty well to win 89% of the points (59/66) behind his first serve, and he won 65% points (33/51) on his second serve. The Greek fired 21 aces and he committed 2 double faults. Stefanos won this match even if he was battling in converting his break points since he converted only 27% (3/11) of the procured opportunities.

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 loss.

After this encounter, the head to head between Tsitsipas and Paire is 4-1 for Stefanos.

Draw and next match H2H: Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Taylor Harry Fritz – stats

Tsitsipas will come up against Harry Fritz in the 4th round.

This will be the 3rd time that Stefanos Tsitsipas and Taylor Harry Fritz play each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Tsitsipas (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.

The last time that they played, Tsitsipas won 6-2 1-6 10-7 in the R in Geneva back in 2019.

Stefanos Tsitsipas Draw info

Live score progression and stats

Tsitsipas had a head start at the beginning of the set to break Benoit Paire in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. That break defined the set and it was sufficient for Stefanos to win the set (6-3) since there were no other breaks.

Tsitsipas converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 15-40) and the 4th game (3-0 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Tsitsipas didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 57 points. Stefanos won 11 more points than Benoit (34-23). Stefanos surrendered 7 points on serve (21-7). In addition, on the other side, Paire conceded 13 points on serve (16-13).

Both players managed to hold their service games for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Stefanos clinched in the 11th game (6-5) just before eventually conquering the set (7-5).

Tsitsipas converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 11th game (5-5 15-40). On the other side, Benoit was unable to convert any of his 2 break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 2nd game (1-1 15-40 and 30-40).

They contested 67 points. The Greek was the one to win the set after conquering 9 points more than the French player (38-29). Stefanos lost 5 points on serve (25-5). On the other side, Paire conceded 13 points on serve (24-13).

Both players were too good on serve during this set and the fight went to the breaker. the French player had no problems to conquer the tiebreak 7-2.

Tiebreak

Benoit won 4 minibreaks in the 2nd (2-0), 6th (4-2), 7th (5-2) and 9th (7-2) point. On the other side, Tsitsipas won a minibreak in the 4th (1-3) point.

Benoit won the tiebreak 7-2 after he conquered a decisive 4-2 lead.

This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 2-1, 3-1, 4-1, 4-2, 5-2, 6-2, 7-2

Neither player conceded a single break point during this set. On the other side, Tsitsipas was exemplary in converting all his break points in the 4th (2-2 30-40) and the 9th game (4-4 40-A).

They contested 81 points. The set was a huge battle since finally the French player won just 3 points more than Stefanos (42-39). Benoit dropped 13 points on serve (34-13). Regarding the other side of the net, Stefanos conceded 8 points on serve (26-8).

Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Tsitsipas conquered in the 10th game (6-4).

 

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