Stefanos Tsitsipas is currently in Toronto, where he has just reached the quarter-finals after a good win over Karen Khachanov. The newly-minted the world number 3 had a nice gesture after the match when he signed to the camera writing: “Prey for Greece”
As of now, Greece is battered by ravaging wildfires that are doing incredible damage to the country. Stefanos has already disclosed that he will do whatever he can to provide his support.
During the press conference that followed his match against Khachanov, Stefanos Tsitsipas commented:
“It’s been in the back of my mind. I’m always there to support them and show my love. I’m very proud of where I come from, so it is important that this country heals and goes back to normal and right now things are really difficult in that specific region of Athens.
People are suffering and I just want to raise awareness and also have people help a little bit.
Many people say it was man-made by foreigners. I really hope it wasn’t like this but you know it’s something that you cannot control sometimes. It has destroyed landscapes, it has destroyed forested areas and it’s really sad to experience that once again.
We had this recently too a couple of years ago so it’s not nice to see this back-to-back in such a short time.”
Tsitsipas in Toronto, ranking, and results in 2021
Now the world no.3 (career-high), the Greek has an overall 44-12 record in 2021. Tsitsipas is currently having a run in Toronto where he toppled Ugo Humbert 6-3 6-713 6-1 and Karen Khachanov 6-3 6-2.
Stefanos Tsitsipas will take on the world no.12 Casper Ruud in the quarter on Friday at 12:00 pm on STADIUM. Their actual head to head record is 1-1.
Tsitsipas clinched 2 titles in 2021 in Monte-Carlo and in Lyon. Stefanos got to the final in Acapulco (Abierto Mexicano Telcel), in Barcelona (Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell) and at the French Open.
Tsitsipas won 7 titles in his career: 3 on clay courts and 4 on indoor courts. (See the list of his titles)
Ruud in Toronto, ranking, and results in 2021
At the moment ranked no.12 (career-high), Ruud has an overall 37-9 record in 2021. Casper is playing in Toronto where he conquered Marin Cilic 6-3 3-6 6-3 and Dusan Lajovic 6-4 6-3.
Casper Ruud will face the world no.3 Stefanos Tsitsipas in the quarter on Friday at 12:00 pm on STADIUM. Their record is 1-1.
Ruud clinched 4 titles in 2021 in Geneva, in Bastad, in Gstaad and in Kitzbuhel.
Ruud won 5 titles in his career: all of them conquered on hard courts. (See the list of his titles)
Stefanos Tsitsipas and Casper Ruud played each other just on 2 occasions. Their record is 1-1. Previously, the last time when they played, Casper Ruud won 7-6(4) 6-4 in the 3rd round in Madrid (Mutua Madrid Open) on the 6th of May 2021.
In the following video you can watch the highlights.
