Stefanos Tsitsipas ousts Grigor Dimitrov 6-3 7-69 6-2 in the 4th round in Paris on Monday. Tsitsipas will clash against Andrey Rublev in the quarter.
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Tsitsipas overpowered the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Dimitrov in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. That was decisive for Stefanos to win the set (6-3) since there were no other breaks anymore.
Tsitsipas converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 30-40 and 40-A) and the 4th game (3-0 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, the Bulgarian was unable to convert any of his 3 break points. He had 3 break points opportunities in the 9th game (3-5 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A).
They played 59 points. The Greek was the one to win the set after conquering 11 more points than Grigor (35-24). Stefanos dropped 7 points on serve (22-7). on the other side of the court, Grigor conceded 13 points on serve (17-13).
Neither player conceded a service game during this set. Therefore the affair had to be decided at the tiebreak. Eventually, Stefanos won a thrilling breaker 11-9 after a huge fight with 20 points played.
Tiebreak
The Greek won 5 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 9th (5-4), 13th (7-6), 16th (8-8) and 20th (11-9) point. On the other side, Dimitrov won 4 minibreaks in the 7th (3-4), 10th (5-5), 14th (7-7) and 15th (8-7) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 3-0, 3-1, 3-2, 4-2, 4-3, 4-4, 5-4, 5-5, 6-5, 6-6, 7-6, 7-7, 7-8, 8-8, 8-9, 9-9, 10-9, 11-9
Tsitsipas was unable to convert any of the 3 conquered break points. He had 3 break points opportunities in the 4th game (2-2 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A). The Greek saved 2 set points when he was 7-8 and 8-9 down. On the other side, the Greek didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 95 points. This set was a huge battle since finally Stefanos won just 1 point more than Dimitrov (48-47). Tsitsipas dropped 16 points on serve (33-16). on the other side of the court, Grigor conceded 15 points on serve (31-15).
Tsitsipas was pretty sharp at the beginning of the set after breaking Dimitrov in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Stefanos managed to boost his lead after breaking Dimitrov in the 8th (6-2) game before winning the set.
Stefanos converted 40% of his break points (2/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 15-40), the 4th (3-0 15-40 and 30-40), the 6th (4-1 40-A) and the 8th game (5-2 15-40). On the other side, Stefanos didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 51 points. The Greek won 13 more points than Grigor (32-19). Stefanos conceded 6 points on serve (17-6). Regarding the other side of the net, the Bulgarian conceded 15 points on serve (13-15).
Tsitsipas will add to his prize money € 94,500 after managing to win this match. He has won already € 283,500 after this win. If he wins the next match, Tsitsipas will add € 141,750 to his earnings to get in total € 425,250 in total.
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Tsitsipas scored 115 points vs. the Bulgarian’s 90.
Stefanos won this match even if he was not so effective in converting his break points since he converted only 25% (3/12) of the procured opportunities. On the other side, Grigor wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/3). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this match, the head to head between Tsitsipas and Dimitrov is 1-0 for Stefanos.
Highlights Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Grigor Dimitrov French Open – Paris
Tsitsipas’s Interview
Draw and next match H2H: Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Andrey Rublev – stats
Tsitsipas will take on Rublev in the quarter.
This will be the 5th time that Stefanos Tsitsipas and Andrey Rublev play each other. The head to head is 3-1 for Rublev (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they played, Rublev won 6-4 3-6 7-5 in the final in Hamburg back in September 2020.
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