Stefanos Tsitsipas aces Alex De Minaur 6-4 6-4 in the quarter in Rotterdam on Friday. Tsitsipas will play Jiri Lehecka in the semifinal. The match lasted 1 hour and 31 minutes. This run will match his most significant achievement in this competition. Here you can see his history at this event.
Stefanos added to his prize money € 18,850 after winning this match. He has won already € 57,725 till now in this tournament. If he wins the next match, Stefanos will add € 23,565 to his earnings to get in total € 81,290.
Highlights Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Alex De Minaur ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament – Rotterdam
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Stefanos scored 73 points vs. De Minaur’s 64.
Tsitsipas
Tsitsipas served exceptionally well to win 82% of the points (27/33) behind his first serve, and he won 55% points (12/22) on his second serve. The Greek won this match even if he was struggling to find the solution in converting his break points since he converted only 25% (3/12) of the procured opportunities.
De Minaur
On the other side, De Minaur was far from perfect in converting his break points (only 33% – 1/3). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this encounter, the head to head between Tsitsipas and De Minaur is 9-1 for Stefanos.
Draw and next match H2H: Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Jiri Lehecka – stats
Tsitsipas will compete against Lehecka in the semifinal.
There is no head to head record between Stefanos Tsitsipas and Jiri Lehecka since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
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 the Greek grabbed in the 5th game (3-2) prior to finally winning the set (6-4).
Stefanos converted 16% of his break points (1/6). He had 6 break points opportunities in the 5th (2-2 40-A, 40-A, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A) and the 7th game (4-2 30-40). On the other side, Stefanos didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 70 points. Stefanos won 6 more points than Alex (38-32). Stefanos surrendered 5 points on serve (20-5). On the other side, Alex conceded 18 points on serve (27-18).
Tsitsipas was in a great position at the beginning of the set to break Alex De Minaur in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Nonetheless, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for the Greek to win the set as Alex found the way to break back in the 4th (1-3) game.
The Greek converted 40% of his break points (2/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40), the 3rd (2-0 40-A and 40-A) and the 5th game (3-1 30-40 and 40-A). Moreover, on the other side, Alex converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had his opportunities in the 4th game (0-3 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40).
They contested 65 points. The set was a huge battle since finally the Greek won just 3 points more than Alex (34-31). Stefanos surrendered 11 points on serve (19-11). on the other side of the net, the Australian conceded 15 points on serve (20-15).
Tennis Scores in Rotterdam
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Alex De MinaurDe Minaur (6-4 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Jiri LeheckaLehecka – Lorenzo MusettiMusetti (6-3 1-6 7-5) – Stats and score progression
- Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime – Cameron NorrieNorrie (7-5 7-64) – Stats and score progression
- Andrey RublevRublev – Marton FucsovicsFucsovics (6-4 6-3) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Jiri LeheckaLehecka (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime – Andrey RublevRublev (0-2) – H2H details and stats