Stefanos Tsitsipas survives Karen Khachanov 4-6 6-3 7-5 in the quarter in Rotterdam on Friday after winning a huge battle. Tsitsipas will fight against Andrey Rublev in the semifinal. The battle lasted 2 hours and 42 minutes. This will be Tsitsipas’s best result in this tournament. In the past, the best he could do was reaching the 2nd round in 2020. Here you can see his history at this event.
Tsitsipas added to his prize money € 15,000 after winning this match. He has won already € 47,000 so far in this tournament. If he wins the next match, Tsitsipas will add € 19,000 to his earnings to get in total € 66,000.
Tsitsipas was pleased about the match. He commented:
“He was playing great tennis and I wasn’t sure if I would be able to compete. We had great rallies and the quality of tennis was excellent.
You need to stay as calm as possible in three-setters. I have won a lot in the past and with experience, it gives me an idea of how to play in these tight moments.”
Highlights Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Karen Khachanov ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament – Rotterdam
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
2h:42
At the end of the match, the Greek scored 111 points vs. Khachanov’s 102.
Tsitsipas
Tsitsipas was pretty effective at converting 56% of the break points that he conquered (5/9).
Khachanov
On the other side, Khachanov was struggling to find the solution in converting his break points (only 44% – 4/9). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this match, the head to head between Tsitsipas and Khachanov is 3-0 for Stefanos.
Draw and next match H2H: Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Andrey Rublev – stats
Tsitsipas will take on Rublev in the semifinal.
This will be the 7th time that Stefanos Tsitsipas and Andrey Rublev square off. The head to head is 3-3 for Tsitsipas and Rublev (see full H2H stats), 2-1 on I.hard.
The last time that they competed against each other, Rublev won 6-2 3-6 7-67 in the 1st round in Quimper Challenger back in 2017.
Live score progression and stats
Tsitsipas had a pretty good kick start of the set after breaking Rublev in the 2nd game (2-0). However, Karen refused to bow to come back to break Tsitsipas in the 3rd (1-2) and in the 5th (3-2) game before winning the set (6-4).
It is worth noting that a pivotal stage of the set was when Khachanov won 4 consecutive games in the 1st set to convert the game count from 0-2 to 4-2.
Khachanov converted 50% of his break points (2/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 3rd (0-2 15-40) and the 5th game (2-2 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A). Moreover, on the other side, Stefanos converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had his opportunities in the 2nd game (1-0 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 71 points. Khachanov won 7 points more than Stefanos (39-32). Karen surrendered 11 points on serve (20-11). In addition, on the other side, Stefanos conceded 19 points on serve (21-19).
Tsitsipas took off at the beginning of the set after breaking Rublev in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 5-0. Nevertheless, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for Stefanos to win the set since the Russian succeeded in breaking back in the 7th (2-5) game.
A defining moment of this set was when Stefanos won 5 consecutive games in the 2nd set so as to bring the game count from 0-0 to 5-0.
Stefanos converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 15-40) and the 4th game (3-0 30-40 and 40-A). In addition on the other side, Karen converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had his opportunities in the 3rd (0-2 30-40) and the 7th game (1-5 15-40).
They played 64 points. The Greek conquered the set after winning 8 more points than the Russian (36-28). Tsitsipas conceded 14 points on serve (21-14). On the losing side, Karen conceded 15 points on serve (14-15).
Tsitsipas won the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding his serve in the 4th (1-3) game, Stefanos broke back in the 5th (2-3) and in the 11th (6-5) game to conquer the set 7-5.
Tsitsipas converted 50% of his break points (2/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 5th (1-3 40-A and 40-A) and the 11th game (5-5 15-40 and 30-40). Moreover, on the other side, Khachanov converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had his opportunities in the 4th game (2-1 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A).
They played 78 points. The Greek was the winner of the set after clinching 8 points more than Karen (43-35). The Greek surrendered 10 points on serve (23-10). In addition, on the other side, the Russian conceded 20 points on serve (25-20).
Tennis Scores in Rotterdam
- Andrey RublevRublev – Jeremy ChardyChardy (7-62 6-72 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Borna CoricCoric – Kei NishikoriNishikori (7-62 7-64) – Stats and score progression
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (4-6 6-3 7-5) – Stats and score progression
- Marton FucsovicsFucsovics – Tommy PaulPaul (6-4 6-3) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Borna CoricCoric – Marton FucsovicsFucsovics (3-0) – H2H details and stats
- Andrey RublevRublev – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (2-3) – H2H details and stats
