Stefanos Tsitsipas downs Zdenek Kolar 6-3 7-6(8) 6-7(3) 7-6(7) in the 2nd round in Paris on Thursday. Tsitsipas will play against Mikael Ymer in the 3rd round. The epic lasted 4 hours and 6 minutes. His most significant achievement in this tournament was reaching the final in 2021. Here you can see his history at this event.
Highlights Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Zdenek Kolar French Open – Paris
Tsitsipas’s Interview
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Tsitsipas scored 167 points vs. Zdenek’s 161.
Tsitsipas
Stefanos fired 25 aces and he committed 5 double faults. Tsitsipas won this match even if he had a tough time converting his break points since he converted only 25% (3/12) of the procured opportunities.
Kolar
On the other side, the Czech was battling in converting his break points (only 25% – 2/8). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this match, the head to head between Tsitsipas and Kolar is 1-0 for Stefanos.
Draw and next match H2H: Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Mikael Ymer – stats
Tsitsipas will fight against Ymer in the 3rd round.
This will be the 4th time that Stefanos Tsitsipas and Mikael Ymer fight against each other. The head to head is 3-0 for Tsitsipas (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay.
The last time that they fought against each other, Tsitsipas won 6-2 6-4 6-3 in the 1st round in Australian open back in January 2022.
Live score progression and stats
Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Tsitsipas grabbed in the 4th game (3-1) prior to finally conquering the set (6-3).
The Greek converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had 2 break points opportunities in the 4th game (2-1 0-40 and 15-40). On the other side, Kolar was unable to convert any of his 2 break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 2nd game (1-1 15-40 and 30-40).
They contested 52 points. Tsitsipas was the one to win the set after conquering 6 more points than the Czech (29-23). Stefanos lost 10 points on serve (22-10). On the other side, the Czech conceded 7 points on serve (13-7).
Tsitsipas won the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding his serve in the 4th (1-3) game, Stefanos broke back in the 7th (3-4) game before bringing the set at the breaker that he won 10-8.
Tiebreak
Tsitsipas won 4 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 9th (5-4), 17th (9-8) and 18th (10-8) point. On the other side, Zdenek won 2 minibreaks in the 6th (3-3) and 10th (5-5) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 3-0, 3-1, 3-2, 3-3, 4-3, 4-4, 5-4, 5-5, 6-5, 6-6, 6-7, 7-7, 8-7, 8-8, 9-8, 10-8
Stefanos converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had 2 break points opportunities in the 7th game (2-4 15-40 and 30-40). The Greek saved 1 set point when he was trailing 6-7. Furthermore, on the other side, Zdenek converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had his opportunities in the 4th (2-1 15-40 and 30-40) and the 12th game (6-5 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 84 points. This set was so close that, The Greek won this set even if he scored the same amount of points as his opponent. Tsitsipas dropped 13 points on serve (29-13). on the other side of the net, Kolar conceded 13 points on serve (29-13).
Nothing could divide these 2 players in this set and therefore the pair went to fight for it in the breaker. Eventually, Kolar won the breaker at 7-3.
Tiebreak
Zdenek won 5 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 4th (3-1), 5th (4-1), 8th (6-2) and 10th (7-3) point. On the other side, Tsitsipas won a minibreak in the 6th (2-4) point.
Kolar won the tiebreak 7-3 after he conquered a decisive 3-1 lead.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 3-0, 3-1, 4-1, 4-2, 5-2, 6-2, 6-3, 7-3
Neither player conceded a single break point during this set. On the other side, the Greek wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 4th game (2-1 30-40).
They played 85 points. The contest during this set was so even that Kolar won barely 1 point more than Stefanos (43-42). Zdenek lost 14 points on serve (29-14). on the other side of the net, the Greek conceded 14 points on serve (28-14).
The Greek won the set after he broke Zdenek in the 5th (3-2) game. Kolar tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 6th (3-3) game. Nonetheless, the Greek kept the situation under control to ultimately clinch the set at the following tiebreak at 7.
Tiebreak
Stefanos won 5 minibreaks in the 4th (2-2), 9th (3-6), 12th (6-6), 13th (7-6) and 16th (9-7) point. On the other side, the Czech won 4 minibreaks in the 2nd (2-0), 6th (4-2), 7th (5-2) and 14th (7-7) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 0-2, 1-2, 2-2, 2-3, 2-4, 2-5, 2-6, 3-6, 4-6, 5-6, 6-6, 7-6, 7-7, 8-7, 9-7
Stefanos converted 14% of his break points (1/7). He had 7 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40, 40-A and 40-A), the 3rd (1-1 30-40), the 5th (2-2 30-40), the 7th (3-3 30-40) and the 11th game (5-5 30-40). The Greek saved 5 set points when he was 2-5, 2-6, 3-6, 4-6 and 5-6 down. In addition on the other side, Zdenek converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had his opportunities in the 6th game (2-3 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 107 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Tsitsipas won just 3 points more than Kolar (55-52). The Greek surrendered 18 points on serve (30-18). On the other side, Zdenek conceded 25 points on serve (34-25).
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