Stefanos Tsitsipas aces Karen Khachanov 6-4 6-2 in the quarter in Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters on Friday. Tsitsipas will try to go further in the tournament when playing against Jannik Sinner in the semifinal. The match lasted 1 hour and 22 minutes. Tsitsipas won this tournament twice in 2021 and 2022. Here you can see his history at this event.
The Greek added to his prize money € 124,740 after winning this match. He has already won € 274,425 as of now in the tournament. If he wins the next match, Tsitsipas will add € 227,455 to his earnings to get in total € 501,880.
Highlights Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Karen Khachanov Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters – Monte-Carlo
Tsitsipas’s Interview
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Tsitsipas scored 58 points vs. the Russian’s 43.
Tsitsipas
Stefanos served very well to win 84% of the points (27/32) behind his first serve. Nonetheless he won only 45% points (9/20) on his second serve. The Greek was well focused in converting 50% of the break points that he procured (4/8).
Khachanov
On the other side, the Russian had a tough time converting his break points (only 33% – 1/3). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this match, the head to head between Tsitsipas and Khachanov is 8-1 for Stefanos.
Draw and next match H2H: Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Jannik Sinner – stats
Tsitsipas will square off with Sinner in the semifinal.
This will be the 9th time that Stefanos Tsitsipas and Jannik Sinner square off. The head to head is 5-3 for Tsitsipas (see full H2H stats), 3-1 on clay.
Live score progression and stats
Tsitsipas was pretty sharp at the beginning of the set after breaking Karen Khachanov in the 1st game (1-0). However, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for the Greek to win the set because Karen managed to break back in the 2nd (1-1) game. The Greek maintained his focus to break the Russian in the 3rd (2-1) game before winning the set (6-4).
Stefanos converted 40% of his break points (2/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40) and the 3rd game (1-1 15-40 and 30-40). In addition on the other side, Khachanov converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had his opportunities in the 2nd (0-1 15-40 and 30-40) and the 6th game (2-3 30-40).
They played 64 points. It’s worth to point out that, Stefanos won this set even if he scored less points 2 than Karen (31-33). Stefanos surrendered 13 points on serve (20-13). On the other side, Karen conceded 11 points on serve (20-11).
The Greek in this set was more solid than Khachanov and without struggling too much he won 6-2 after breaking Karen in the 5th (3-2) and in the 7th (5-2) game.
Karen couldn’t stop the opposition in the last 5 games of the set when the score went from 1-2 to 6-2.
They contested 38 points. The Greek was the one to win the set after conquering 16 points more than Khachanov (27-11). Stefanos was extremely solid on serve to drop just 3 points (16-3). Regarding the other side of the net, Khachanov conceded 11 points on serve (8-11).
Tennis Scores in Monte Carlo Rolex Masters
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Alex De MinaurDe Minaur (7-5 6-4)
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (6-4 6-2)
- Jannik SinnerSinner – Holger RuneRune (6-4 6-76 6-3)
- Casper RuudRuud – Ugo HumbertHumbert (6-3 4-6 6-1)
Upcoming matches
- Ugo HumbertHumbert – Casper RuudRuud (3-1) – H2H details and stats
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Jannik SinnerSinner (5-3) – H2H details and stats