Stefanos Tsitsipas bests Jan-Lennard Struff 4-6 6-4 6-4 in the quarter in Dubai on Thursday. Tsitsipas will face Daniel Evans in the semifinal.
Score, report, and key facts
1st set.
Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Struff conquered in the 10th game (6-4).
2nd set.
Tsitsipas enjoyed quite a good start of the set after breaking Struff in the 1st game (1-0). That break defined the set and it was sufficient for Stefanos to win the set (6-4) since there were no other breaks.
3rd set.
The set was pretty even as both players managed to hold serve with the notable exception of 1 break that Stefanos conquered in the 9th game (5-4) before winning the set (6-4).
The German lost the 9th game (5-4) when he was comfortably leading 40-0.
Statistics
At the end of the match, Stefanos scored 107 points vs. Struff’s 99 points.
Tsitsipas won this match even if he was not so effective in converting his break points because he converted only 25% (2/8). On the other side, the German was battling in converting his break points (only 14% – 1/7). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this match, the head to head between Tsitsipas and Struff is 2-2.
Highlights Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Jan-Lennard Struff Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships – Dubai
Next Match H2H: Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Daniel Evans – stats
Tsitsipas will fight against Evans in the semifinal.
There is no head to head record between Stefanos Tsitsipas and Daniel Evans since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Tennis Scores in Dubai
- Daniel EvansEvans – Andrey RublevRublev (6-2 7-69) – See score progression
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Jan-Lennard StruffStruff (4-6 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
Upcoming matches
- Gael MonfilsMonfils – Richard GasquetGasquet (10-7) – See H2H details
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (2-1) – See H2H details
- Daniel EvansEvans – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (0-0) – See H2H details