Holger Vitus Nodskov Rune downs Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-4 6-4 in the final in Stockholm on Sunday. The match lasted 1 hour and 31 minutes. He won this tournament after playing this event for the first time in his career.
The Dane added € 41,075 to his prize money after conquering this final. He has earned € 98,580 in total after conquering this tournament.
Highlights Holger Vitus Nodskov Rune vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas Stockholm Open – Stockholm
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Rune scored 65 points vs. Tsitsipas’s 57.
Rune
Rune won this match even if he was struggling when converting his break points since he converted only 40% (2/5) of the procured opportunities.
Tsitsipas
On the other side, Tsitsipas wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/1). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this contest, the head to head between Rune and Tsitsipas is 2-0 for Holger.
This was the 2nd career title for Rune. He won the previous title in Stockholm. (see list of titles and finals). Tsitsipas remains with 9th titles. (see list of titles and finals)
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The set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that Holger snatched in the 3rd game (2-1) just before eventually winning the set (6-4
).The Dane converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had 2 break points opportunities in the 3rd game (1-1 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Holger didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 53 points. The Dane was the winner of the set after clinching 5 points more than the Greek (29-24
). Rune conceded 6 points on serve (20-6). On the other side, the Greek conceded 9 points on serve (18-9).Similarly to the 1st set, the set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition on serve. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that Rune clinched in the 3rd game (2-1) just before finally winning the set (6-4).
The Greek lost the 3rd game (2-1) when he was 40-0 up.
The Dane converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 40-A), the 5th (3-1 40-A) and the 7th game (4-2 30-40). On the other side, Stefanos wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 6th game (2-3 30-40).
They contested 69 points. The set was a huge battle since finally the Dane won just 3 more points than Stefanos (36-33). Holger dropped 10 points on serve (22-10). on the other side of the court, Tsitsipas conceded 14 points on serve (23-14).