Stefanos Tsitsipas motors past Benoit Paire 7-5 6-0 in the quarter in Washington on Friday after playing a remarkable match to play Nick Kyrgios in the semifinal.
Score, report, and key facts
1st set.
Tsitsipas won the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after dropping his serve in the 3rd (1-2) game, The Greek broke back in the 4th (2-2) and in the 12th (7-5) game before winning the set 7-5.
2nd set.
Paire suffered a meltdown and he had no answers anymore and the Greek won the set 6-0.
At the end of the match, Tsitsipas scored 70 points vs. the French Player’s 48 points.
Stefanos served pretty well to win 76% of the points (29/38) behind his first serve, and he won 54% points (7/13) on his second serve. Tsitsipas won this match even if he was battling in converting his break points because he converted only 45% (5/11). On the other side, Benoit was far from perfect in converting his break points as he converted only 17% of his break points (1/6). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this match, the head to head between Tsitsipas and Paire is 1-1.
Highlights Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Benoit Paire Citi Open – Washington
Next Match: Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Nick Kyrgios – H2H and stats
Tsitsipas will face Kyrgios in the semifinal.
There is no head to head record between Stefanos Tsitsipas and Nick Kyrgios since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Stefanos Tsitsipas in Washington |
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