Stefanos Tsitsipas was victorious over Diego Sebastian Schwartzman 6-2 6-7(3) 6-4 in the quarter in Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters on Friday. Tsitsipas will engage against Alexander Zverev in the semifinal. The battle lasted 2 hours and 43 minutes. The match was a sheer rollercoaster. Tsitsipas squandered a 6-2 5-2 to find himself trailing 0-4 in the third set. That was the moment Tsitsipas won 6 consecutive games to win this epic encounter.
The Greek won this tournament once in 2021. Here you can see his history at this event.
Tsitsipas added to his prize money € 113,515 after winning this match. He has won already € 249,740 until now in the tournament. If he wins the next match, Tsitsipas will add € 206,980 to his earnings to get in total € 456,720.
Highlights Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Diego Sebastian Schwartzman Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters – Monte-Carlo
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Tsitsipas scored 104 points vs. the Argentine’s 96.
Tsitsipas
Tsitsipas was sharp when converting 70% of the break points that he procured (7/10).
Schwartzman
On the other side, Schwartzman was pretty effective at converting 57% of the break points that he conquered points (4/7). Notwithstanding, that was not enough to win the match.
After this match, the head to head between Tsitsipas and Schwartzman is 2-2.
Draw and next match H2H: Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Alexander Zverev – stats
Tsitsipas will face Zverev in the semifinal.
This will be the 10th time that Stefanos Tsitsipas and Alexander Zverev fight against each other. The head to head is 6-3 for Tsitsipas (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on clay.
Live score progression and stats
Tsitsipas conquered a good lead at the beginning of the set after breaking Diego Sebastian Schwartzman in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 5-0. Notwithstanding, there was more work to do for Stefanos to win the set as Schwartzman succeeded in breaking back in the 7th (2-5) game. The Greek maintained his focus to break Diego in the 8th (6-2) game.
A defining moment of this set was when Stefanos won 5 consecutive games in the 1st set to change the scoreline from 0-0 to 5-0.
Tsitsipas converted 60% of his break points (3/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 30-40), the 4th (3-0 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 8th game (5-2 0-40). Furthermore, on the other side, the Argentine converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had his opportunities in the 7th game (1-5 40-A and 40-A).
They contested 57 points. Tsitsipas was the winner of the set after clinching 9 more points than the Argentine (33-24). Tsitsipas lost 14 points on serve (17-14). In addition, on the other side, the Argentine conceded 16 points on serve (10-16).
Schwartzman conquered the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after dropping his serve in the 4th (1-3) game, The Argentine broke back in the 9th (4-5) game before bringing the set at the tiebreak that he won 7-3.
Tiebreak
The Argentine won 4 minibreaks in the 4th (3-1), 5th (4-1), 8th (6-2) and 10th (7-3) point. On the other side, Tsitsipas won a minibreak in the 2nd (1-1) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 1-1, 2-1, 3-1, 4-1, 5-1, 6-1, 6-2, 6-3, 7-3
The Argentine was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 9th game (3-5 0-40). On the other side, Tsitsipas was perfect in converting all his break points in the 4th game (2-1 30-40 and 40-A).
They played 70 points. The Argentine was the winner of the set after clinching 4 more points than the Greek (37-33). Schwartzman dropped 9 points on serve (27-9). On the losing side, Tsitsipas conceded 10 points on serve (24-10).
Tsitsipas had a boost of confidence at the beginning of the set after breaking Diego Sebastian Schwartzman in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 4-0. Yet, Stefanos found the way to come back to break Diego 3 times in the 5th (1-4), in the 7th (3-4) and in the 9th (5-4) game before winning the set (6-4).
Schwartzman was powerless in the last 6 games of the set when the scoreline went from 0-4 to 6-4. Notwithstanding also Schwartzman won 4 consecutive games from 0-0 to 4-0
Stefanos was flawless in converting all his break points in the 5th (1-4 40-A), the 7th (2-4 30-40) and the 9th game (4-4 40-A). On the other side, the Argentine converted 50% of his break points (2/4). He had his opportunities in the 2nd (4-1 30-40), the 4th (4-1 40-A and 40-A) and the 10th game (4-5 30-40).
They played 72 points. The Greek was the one to win the set after conquering 4 more points than the Argentine (38-34). Tsitsipas conceded 17 points on serve (20-17). on the other side of the court, the Argentine conceded 18 points on serve (17-18).
Tennis Scores in Monte Carlo Rolex Masters
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Diego Sebastian SchwartzmanSebastian Schwartzman (6-2 6-73 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Alexander ZverevZverev – Jannik SinnerSinner (5-7 6-3 7-65) – Stats and score progression
- Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina – Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz (2-6 6-4 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Hubert HurkaczHurkacz (6-4 3-6 7-62) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina – Grigor DimitrovDimitrov (1-0) – H2H details and stats
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Alexander ZverevZverev (6-3) – H2H details and stats