Stefanos Tsitsipas gets by Dusan Lajovic 7-65 6-2 in the quarter in Hamburg on Friday. Tsitsipas will square off with Christian Garin in the semifinal.
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Nothing could divide these 2 players in this set and therefore the pair went to fight for it in the breaker. Eventually, the Greek won the tiebreak at 7-5.
Tiebreak
Tsitsipas won 3 minibreaks in the 10th (5-5), 11th (6-5) and 12th (7-5) point. On the other side, Lajovic won a minibreak in the 8th (5-3) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 1-1, 1-2, 2-2, 3-2, 3-3, 3-4, 3-5, 4-5, 5-5, 6-5, 7-c
Stefanos wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 6th game (3-2 30-40). Tsitsipas saved 2 set points when he was 3-5 and 4-5 down. On the other side, Dusan was unable to convert any of his 3 break points. He had 3 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-2 40-A) and the 6th game (3-3 15-40 and 30-40).
They contested 82 points. Tsitsipas was the winner of the set after clinching 4 more points than the Serbian (43-39). Tsitsipas conceded 9 points on serve (31-9). on the other side of the court, the Serbian conceded 12 points on serve (30-12).
Tsitsipas had a running start at the beginning of the set after breaking Lajovic in the 1st game (1-0). Notwithstanding, that wasn’t sufficient for Stefanos to win the set since Dusan succeeded in breaking back in the 2nd (1-1) game. The Greek maintained his cool to break Dusan in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 5th (4-1) game before winning the set (6-2).
There was an important spell in this set when Tsitsipas won 4 consecutive games in the 2nd set so as to change the score from 1-1 to 5-1.
Stefanos will add to his prize money € 14,700 after conquering this match. He has won already € 45,985 as of now in this competition. If he wins the next match, Stefanos will add € 18,090 to his earnings to get in total € 64,075.
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Stefanos scored 77
points vs. Dusan’s 63.Stefanos won this match even if he was struggling to find the solution in converting his break points as he converted only 43% (3/7) of the procured opportunities. On the other side, Lajovic had a tough time converting his break points (only 14% – 1/7). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this match, the head to head between Tsitsipas and Lajovic is 3-1 for Stefanos.
Highlights Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Dusan Lajovic Hamburg European Open – Hamburg
Draw and next match H2H: Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Christian Garin – stats
Tsitsipas will come up against Garin in the semifinal.
This will be the 2nd time that Stefanos Tsitsipas and Christian Garin face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Garin (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay.
Tennis Scores in Hamburg
- Andrey RublevRublev – Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut (6-2 7-5) – Stats and score progression
- Christian GarinGarin – Alexander BublikBublik (3-6 6-4 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Dusan LajovicLajovic (7-65 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Casper RuudRuud – Ugo HumbertHumbert (7-5 3-6 6-1) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Christian GarinGarin – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Casper RuudRuud – Andrey RublevRublev (0-1) – H2H details and stats