Tsitsipas defeats Baez in the 2nd round. HIGHLIGHTS – AUSTRALIAN OPEN RESULTS

    AUSTRALIAN OPEN - MELBOURNE DRAW AND RESULTS. Tsitsipas victorious over Baez to take on Benoit Paire in the 3rd round

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    Luke Meyer
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    Prediction and head to head Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Sebastian Baez

    Stefanos Tsitsipas gets the better of Sebastian Baez 7-6(1) 6-7(5) 6-3 6-4 in the 2nd round in Melbourne on Thursday. Tsitsipas will clash against Benoit Paire in the 3rd round. The battle lasted 3 hours and 22 minutes. His best achievement in this tournament was reaching the semifinal in 2019 and 2021. Here you can see his history at this event.

    Tsitsipas
    Melbourne
    Tsitsipas's Record

    Tsitsipas added to his prize money $ 40,000 after conquering this match. He has won already $ 180,000 after this win. If he wins the next match, Tsitsipas will add $ 120,000 to his earnings to get in total $ 300,000 in total.

    Highlights Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Sebastian Baez Australian Open – Melbourne

    Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

    Tsitsipas
    Baez
    Stefanos Tsitsipas
    7-61 6-75 6-3
    6-4
    3h:22
    Sebastian Baez
    157
    157
    Total points
    141
    141
    76
    76
    Winners
    73
    73
    48%
    48%
    Ratio Winners
    52%
    52%
    63
    63
    Unforced
    48
    48
    57%
    57%
    Ratio Unforced
    43%
    43%
    34/47
    34/47
    Net Approaches
    11/17
    11/17
    72%
    72%
    Perc
    65%
    65%
    -- Serve --
    12
    12
    Aces
    5
    5
    3
    3
    Double Faults
    4
    4
    68%
    68%
    1st in
    74%
    74%
    78%
    78%
    1st won
    63%
    63%
    76/97
    76/97
    1st won
    73/115
    73/115
    47%
    47%
    2nd won
    56%
    56%
    21/45
    21/45
    2nd won
    23/41
    23/41
    212
    212
    Fastest serve
    203
    203
    195
    195
    AVG 1st Serve
    166
    166
    153
    153
    AVG 2nd Serve
    144
    144
    -- Break Points --
    4/18
    4/18
    Total
    2/6
    2/6
    22%
    22%
    Won
    33%
    33%
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    At the end of the match, Stefanos scored 157 points vs. the Argentine’s 141.

    Tsitsipas

    Stefanos served pretty well to win 78% of the points (76/97) behind his first serve. However he won only 47% points (21/45) on his second serve. Stefanos blasted 12 aces and he committed 3 double faults. Stefanos won this match even if he had a tough time converting his break points after he converted only 22% (4/18) of the procured opportunities.

    Baez

    On the other side, the Argentine had some problems converting his break points (only 33% – 2/6). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.

    After this match, the head to head between Tsitsipas and Baez is 1-0 for Stefanos.

    Draw and next match H2H: Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Benoit Paire – stats

    Tsitsipas will fight against Paire in the 3rd round.

    This will be the 5th time that Stefanos Tsitsipas and Benoit Paire face off. The head to head is 3-1 for Tsitsipas (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard.

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    Stefanos clinched the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding his serve in the 9th (4-5) game, The Greek broke back in the 10th (5-5) game before bringing the set at the tiebreak that he won 7-1.

    Stefanos missed the chance to break the Argentine in the 2nd game when he had 3 consecutive chances (0-40) in the 2nd (40-0) and in the 4th (40-0) game.

    Tiebreak

    The Greek won 4 minibreaks in the 2nd (2-0), 3rd (3-0), 7th (6-1) and 8th (7-1) point.

    Tsitsipas won the tiebreak 7-1 after he conquered a decisive 4-0 lead.

    This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 3-0, 4-0, 5-0, 5-1, 6-1, 7-1

    They played 91 points. The Greek won 7 more points than Sebastian (49-42). Tsitsipas lost 12 points on serve (24-12). On the losing side, the Argentine conceded 25 points on serve (30-25).

    Both players were too good on serve during this set and the fight went to the breaker. Eventually, Sebastian won the tiebreak at 7-5.

    Tiebreak

    Sebastian won 5 minibreaks in the 6th (2-4), 7th (3-4), 10th (5-5), 11th (6-5) and 12th (7-5) point. On the other side, the Greek won 3 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 4th (3-1) and 8th (5-3) point.

    This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 0-2, 0-3, 1-3, 2-3, 2-4, 3-4, 3-5, 4-5, 5-5, 6-5, 7-5

    Neither player conceded a single break point during this set. The Argentine saved 2 set points when he was 3-5 and 4-5 down. Furthermore, on the other side, Sebastian didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

    They played 85 points. Sebastian was the one to win the set after conquering 5 more points than Stefanos (45-40). The Argentine dropped 10 points on serve (28-10). Regarding the other side of the net, the Greek conceded 17 points on serve (30-17).

    Tsitsipas overpowered the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Sebastian Baez in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 5-0. However, that wasn’t sufficient for Tsitsipas to win the set because the Argentine found the way to break back in the 7th (2-5) game.

    A crucial moment of this set was when Tsitsipas won 5 consecutive games in the 3rd set to change the game count from 0-0 to 5-0.

    Stefanos converted 33% of his break points (2/6). He had 6 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 40-A, 40-A and 40-A), the 4th (3-0 30-40) and the 6th game (5-0 15-40 and 30-40). Moreover, on the other side, Baez converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had his opportunities in the 7th game (1-5 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A).

    They played 66 points. Tsitsipas won 8 points more than the Argentine (37-29). Tsitsipas conceded 12 points on serve (21-12). Regarding the other side of the net, Baez conceded 16 points on serve (17-16).

    There was not much difference between the 2 players in this set with the exception of 1 break that the Greek snatched in the 3rd game (2-1) before ultimately winning the set (6-4).

    Stefanos converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 3rd game (1-1 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Stefanos didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

    They played 55 points. The Greek was the one to win the set after conquering 5 points more than Sebastian (30-25). Stefanos dropped 5 points on serve (20-5). On the other side, the Argentine conceded 10 points on serve (20-10).

     

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