Stefanos Tsitsipas defeats Benjamin Bonzi 7-6(1) 1-6 6-3 in the 1st round in Halle on Tuesday. Tsitsipas will seek to keep on going in this event against Nick Kyrgios in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 55 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 € 14,565 after winning this match. He has won already € 31,215 after this win. If he wins the next match, Stefanos will add € 27,270 to his earnings to get in total € 58,485 in total.
Highlights Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Benjamin Bonzi Noventi Open – Halle
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
Tsitsipas won this contest even if he conquered less points than the French player (85 vs. 87).
Tsitsipas
Tsitsipas blasted 14 aces and he committed 3 double faults. The Greek was well focused in converting 50% of the break points that he conquered (2/4).
Bonzi
On the other side, Benjamin was not so effective in converting his break points (only 30% – 3/10). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this contest, the head to head between Tsitsipas and Bonzi is 1-0 for Stefanos.
Draw and next match H2H: Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Nick Kyrgios – stats
Tsitsipas will take on Kyrgios in the 2nd round.
This will be the 4th time that Stefanos Tsitsipas and Nick Kyrgios face off. The head to head is 2-1 for Kyrgios (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on grass.
Live score progression and stats
Both players were too good on serve during this set and the fight went to the breaker. Stefanos had no problems to conquer the tiebreak 7-1.
Tiebreak
Tsitsipas won 4 minibreaks in the 2nd (2-0), 3rd (3-0), 6th (6-0) and 8th (7-1) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 3-0, 4-0, 5-0, 6-0, 6-1, 7-1
Neither player conceded a single break point during this set. Furthermore, on the other side, the Greek didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 72 points. This set was so close that, Stefanos won this set even if he scored the same amount of points as his opponent. Stefanos surrendered 8 points on serve (27-8). Regarding the other side of the net, the French player conceded 9 points on serve (28-9).
Tsitsipas commenced this set in the best possible way after breaking Benjamin Bonzi in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 4-0. Nonetheless, there was more work to do for Bonzi to win the set since Stefanos managed to break back in the 5th (1-4) game. The French player kept his cool to break Tsitsipas in the 6th (5-1) game before winning the set (6-1).
Certainly, a key moment was when the French player won 4 consecutive games in the 2nd set to bring the score from 0-0 to 4-0.
Benjamin was unerring in converting all his break points in the 2nd (1-0 30-40, 40-A, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A), the 3rd (3-0 15-40) and the 6th game (4-1 15-40 and 30-40). In addition on the other side, Tsitsipas was unerring in converting all his break points in the 5th game (0-4 30-40 and 40-A).
They contested 51 points. Bonzi was the one to win the set after conquering 13 more points than the Greek (32-19). The French player lost 10 points on serve (16-10). on the other side of the net, Tsitsipas conceded 16 points on serve (9-16).
The set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that Stefanos conquered in the 4th game (3-1) just before finally conquering the set (6-3).
Tsitsipas converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had 2 break points opportunities in the 4th game (2-1 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Benjamin was unable to convert any of his 2 break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 1st game (0-0 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 49 points. Stefanos was the winner of the set after clinching 9 points more than Bonzi (29-20). Stefanos surrendered 5 points on serve (21-5). On the losing side, the French player conceded 8 points on serve (15-8).
Tennis Scores in Halle
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- Nick KyrgiosKyrgios – Daniel AltmaierAltmaier (6-3 7-5) – Stats and score progression
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- Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime – Marcos GironGiron (6-3 5-7 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Benjamin BonziBonzi (7-61 1-6 6-3) – Stats and score progression
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