Stefanos Tsitsipas routs Daniel Evans 6-2 6-3 in the semifinal in Dubai on Friday after playing a solid match to clash against Novak Djokovic in the final.
Score, report, and key facts
1st set.
Tsitsipas in this set didn’t concede much to the Brit and without too much struggle he won 6-2 after breaking Evans in the 5th (3-2) and in the 7th (5-2) game.
Evans was completely outplayed in the last 5 games of the set (from 1-2 to 6-2).
2nd set.
Stefanos won the set after he broke the Brit in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 9th (6-3) game. That break was sufficient for Tsitsipas to win the set because he didn’t drop his serve in the rest of the set.
Statistics
At the end of the match, the Greek scored 63 points vs. the Brit’s 49 points.
Stefanos served exceptionally well to win 90% of the points (26/29) behind his first serve. Notwithstanding he won only 46% points (6/13) on his second serve. Tsitsipas won this match even if he was battling in converting his break points because he converted only 40% (4/10). On the other side, Daniel wasn’t able to conquer any break point. That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this match, the head to head between Tsitsipas and Evans is 1-0 for Stefanos.
Highlights Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Daniel Evans Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships – Dubai
Tsitsipas’s Interview
Next Match H2H: Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Novak Djokovic – stats
Tsitsipas will take on Djokovic in the final.
This will be the 5th time that Stefanos Tsitsipas and Novak Djokovic fight against each other. The head to head is 2-2 for Tsitsipas and Djokovic (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard.
The last time that they played each other, Tsitsipas won 6-3 6-75 6-3 in the 3rd round in Toronto back in 2018.
Tennis Scores in Dubai
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Gael MonfilsMonfils (2-6 7-68 6-1) – See score progression
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Daniel EvansEvans (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
Upcoming matches
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (2-2) – See H2H details
