Stefanos Tsitsipas will face Felix Auger Aliassime in the final of the ATP500 in Rotterdam. The Greek champion had to work hard to beat the qualifier Jiri Lehecka 4-6 6-4 6-2.
After the match, Stefanos commented:
“He was really pushing me. I did not know what to expect, so I was trying to figure out his patterns and his game. He was playing incredibly well after the first serve, pressing and attacking like I had never seen before. I had to stay in the match and I managed to survive.”
The first final in Rotterdam
With this final, Stefanos Tsitsipas already improved his previous record in Rotterdam. This is the seventh time that he has played in this tournament. His best result was reaching the semi-final last year before losing to Andrey Rublev.
Stefanos also has the opportunity to improve his not-so-good record in the ATP 500 finals (0-7).
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Tsitsipas in Rotterdam, ranking, and results in 2022
Now ranked no.4, the Greek has a composed 10-2 match record in 2022. Stefanos is participating in Rotterdam where he defeated Alejandro Davidovich Fokina 7-5 6-71 6-4, Ilya Ivashka 6-4 6-1, Alex De Minaur 6-4 6-4 and Jiri Lehecka 4-6 6-4 6-2.
Stefanos Tsitsipas will fight against the world no.9 Felix Auger-Aliassime in the final on Sunday at 3:30 pm on CENTRE COURT. Their head to head is 5-2 for Tsitsipas.
Stefanos won 7 titles in his career: 3 on clay courts and 4 on indoor courts. (See the list of his titles)
Auger-Aliassime in Rotterdam, ranking, and results in 2022
L Ranked no.9 (career-high), Auger-Aliassime has achieved an overall 11-3 record in 2022. Felix is currently playing in Rotterdam where he ousted Egor Gerasimov 3-6 6-2 6-2, Andy Murray 6-3 6-4, Cameron Norrie 7-5 7-64 and Andrey Rublev 6-75 6-4 6-2.
Felix Auger Aliassime will fight against the world no.4 Stefanos Tsitsipas in the final on Sunday at 3:30 pm on CENTRE COURT. The head to head is 5-2 for Tsitsipas.
Stefanos Tsitsipas and Felix Auger Aliassime clashed against each other 7 times. Their actual head to head record is 5-2 for Tsitsipas. Previously, the last time they squared off, Stefanos Tsitsipas won 6-2 5-7 6-1 in the quarter in Cincinnati (Western & Southern Open) in August 2021.
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