Stefanos Tsitsipas victorious over John Isner 7-62 7-64 in the 3rd round in New York on Tuesday. Tsitsipas will face Reilly Opelka in the quarter.
Score, report, and key facts
Nothing could divide these 2 players in this set and therefore the pair went to fight for it in the breaker. Stefanos had no problems to conquer the tiebreak 7-2.
Tiebreak
Stefanos won 3 minibreaks in the 3rd (2-1), 7th (5-2) and 9th (7-2) point.
Stefanos won the tiebreak 7-2 after he conquered a decisive 4-2 lead.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 1-1, 2-1, 3-1, 4-1, 4-2, 5-2, 6-2, 7-c
Stefanos wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 12th game (6-5 30-40). On the other side, Stefanos didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 73 points. The Greek conquered the set after winning 5 more points than Isner (39-34). The Greek dropped 6 points on serve (30-6). On the losing side, the American conceded 9 points on serve (28-9).
Similarly, throughout the set, both players on each side were too good on serve and the affair had to be decided only at the breaker. Finally, Stefanos won the tiebreak at 7-4.
Tiebreak
Tsitsipas won 3 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 9th (5-4) and 11th (7-4) point. On the other side, John won a minibreak in the 6th (3-3) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 3-0, 3-1, 3-2, 3-3, 4-3, 4-4, 5-4, 6-4, 7-c
Tsitsipas wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 11th game (5-5 30-40). On the other side, Isner was unable to convert any of his 2 break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 2nd game (1-0 15-40 and 30-40).
They contested 84 points. Stefanos won 4 more points than the American (44-40). Stefanos surrendered 11 points on serve (31-11). On the other side, Isner conceded 13 points on serve (29-13).
Tsitsipas will add to his prize money $ 25,250 after winning this match. He has won already $ 98,500 after this win. If he wins the next match, Stefanos will add $ 25,500 to his earnings to earn $ 124,000 in total.
Match Statistics
At the end of the match, the Greek scored 83 points vs. the American’s 75.
The Greek served very well to win 84% of the points (38/45) behind his first serve, and he won 70% points (23/33) on his second serve. Stefanos blasted 10 aces and he committed 2 double faults. Tsitsipas wasn’t able to conquer any break point to win the match only at the tiebreaks.On the other side, John wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/2
). That was one of the key issues for his loss.After this contest, the head to head between Tsitsipas and Isner is 2-2.
Highlights Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. John Isner Western & Southern Open – New York
Draw and next match H2H: Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Reilly Opelka – stats
Tsitsipas will take on Opelka in the quarter.
There is no head to head record between Stefanos Tsitsipas and Reilly Opelka since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
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Upcoming matches
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