Stefanos Tsitsipas will face Alex De Minaur in the third round in Barcelona where the Greek sensation with be the hot favorite. Stefanos has a rather strong record against Alex De Minaur (6-1) as it seems that he has “cracked his code.”
Stefanos defeated Alex once again in the recent ATP Cup in Melbourne in straight sets 6-3 7-5.
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Highlights Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Alex De Minaur ATP Cup – Melbourne
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
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At the end of the match, Stefanos scored 71 points vs. De Minaur’s 56.
Tsitsipas
Stefanos was pretty focused in converting 60% of the break points that he conquered (3/5).
De Minaur
On the other side, Alex wasn’t that great in converting his break points (only 25% – 1/4). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this match, the head to head between Tsitsipas and De Minaur is 6-1 for Stefanos.
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Tsitsipas got off on the right foot in the set after breaking in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. However, there was more to do for Stefanos to win the set because the Australian succeeded in breaking back in the 5th (2-3) game. Stefanos maintained his focus to break the Australian in the 6th (4-2) game before conquering the set (6-3).
Tsitsipas converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 15-40 and 30-40) and the 5th game (3-2 15-40). Also, on the other side, the Australian converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had his opportunities in the 2nd (0-2 30-40) and the 5th game (1-3 40-A).
They played 55 points. Tsitsipas won 11 more points than De Minaur (33-22). Tsitsipas conceded 10 points on serve (20-10). In addition, on the other side, the Australian conceded 13 points on serve (12-13).
Both players managed to hold their service games for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that the Greek grabbed in the 11th game (6-5) just before ultimately winning the set (7-5).
