Stefanos Tsitsipas is about to face Egor Gerasimov in his opening match in Rotterdam The head to head is 1-1, but Tsitsipas beat Gerasimov rather abruptly in 2019 in Dubai with a 6-3 6-1 scoreline (2nd round) after playing a remarkable match.
Stefanos Tsitsipsa will play Gerasimovon Tuesday 7.30 pm.
Here what happened 2 years ago.
Highlights Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Egor Gerasimov Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships – Dubai
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the Greek scored 59 points vs. Gerasimov’s 36.
Tsitsipas
The Greek served exceptionally well to win 87% of the points (26/30) behind his first serve, and he won 50% points (7/14) on his second serve. Stefanos was pretty focused in converting 50% of the break points that he procured (4/8).
Gerasimov
On the other side, Gerasimov wasn’t able to conquer any break point. However, Tsitsipas was just to good and Gerasimov had no opportunity to win this match.
After this match, the head to head between Tsitsipas and Gerasimov is 1-1.
Live score progression and stats
Both players managed to hold their service games for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Stefanos grabbed in the 4th game (3-1) just before finally conquering the set (6-3).
Stefanos converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 4th game (2-1 0-40). On the other side, the Greek didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 54 points. The Greek was the one to win the set after conquering 8 points more than Egor (31-23). Stefanos conceded 7 points on serve (20-7). on the other side of the court, Egor conceded 11 points on serve (16-11).
Tsitsipas had a favorable start in this set after breaking in the 1st game (1-0). The Greek managed to boost his lead after breaking the Belarussian in the 5th (4-1) and in the 7th (6-1) game before winning the set.
Gerasimov couldn’t stop the opposition in the last 4 games of the set when the score went from 2-1 to 6-1.
Stefanos was unerring in converting all his break points in the 1st (0-0 0-40), the 4th (3-1 0-40) and the 7th game (5-1 40-A). On the other side, Tsitsipas didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 40 points. Tsitsipas conquered the set after winning 16 points more than Egor (28-12). Stefanos was extremely solid on serve to concede just 4 points (13-4). On the other side, Gerasimov conceded 15 points on serve (8-15).
