ROTTERDAM RESULTS. Tsitsipas ousts Hurkacz in the 1st round

ABN AMRO WORLD TENNIS TOURNAMENT - ROTTERDAM RESULTS. Tsitsipas defeats Hurkacz to fight against Aljaz Bedene in the 2nd round

Prediction and head to head Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Hubert Hurkacz

Stefanos Tsitsipas tops Hubert Hurkacz 6-72 6-3 6-1 in the 1st round in Rotterdam on Tuesday. Tsitsipas is going to play against Aljaz Bedene in the 2nd round.

Score, report, and key facts

1st set.

The Pole won the set after he broke Stefanos in the 3rd (2-1) game. Stefanos tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 10th (5-5) game. Notwithstanding, Hubert didn’t lose the lead before winning the set at the following breaker at 2.

2nd set.

Hurkacz had a running start at the beginning of the set after breaking Tsitsipas in the 2nd game (2-0). However, Stefanos was not done to come back to break Hubert 3 times in the 3rd (1-2), in the 5th (3-2) gamein the 9th game before winning the set (6-3) after breaking his opponent in the last game.

There was a pivotal moment in this set when Stefanos won 4 consecutive games in the 2nd set to change the scoreline from 0-2 to 4-2.

3rd set.

Tsitsipas came out strong at the beginning of the set after breaking Hurkacz in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 5-0. The Greek extended his lead after breaking Hurkacz in the 4th (4-0) game before conquering the set (6-1).

There was an important spell in this match when Tsitsipas won 5 consecutive games in the 3rd set to change the scoreline from 0-0 to 5-0.

Statistics

At the end of the match, Stefanos scored 98 points vs. the Pole’s 80 points.

The Greek served very well to win 81% of the points (38/47) behind his first serve, and he won 52% points (17/33) on his second serve. Stefanos didn’t lose the concentration in converting 55% of the break points that he procured (6/11). On the other side, Hubert was absolutely great in converting all the break points (2/2). Anyhow, that was not enough to win the encounter.

After this contest, the head to head between Tsitsipas and Hurkacz is 5-1 for Stefanos.

Highlights Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Hubert Hurkacz ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament – Rotterdam

Tsitsipas’s Interview

Next Match H2H: Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Aljaz Bedene – stats

Tsitsipas will compete against Bedene in the 2nd round.

There is no head to head record between Stefanos Tsitsipas and Aljaz Bedene since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

Tennis Scores in Rotterdam

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