Tenacious Stefanos Tsitsipas outlasts Thiem in the 1st round to clash vs Murray. HIGHLIGHTS, INTERVIEW – WIMBLEDON RESULTS

WIMBLEDON - LONDON DRAW AND RESULTS. Tsitsipas survives Thiem to face Andy Murray in the 2nd round

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Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Dominic Thiem

Stefanos Tsitsipas survives Dominic Thiem 3-6 7-6(1) 6-2 6-7(5) 7-6(8) in the 1st round in London on Wednesday after winning a huge battle. Tsitsipas will have to play Andy Murray in the 2nd round. The battle lasted 3 hours and 56 minutes. His most significant achievement in this event was reaching the 4th round in 2018. Here you can see his history at this event.

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Tsitsipas's Record

Stefanos added to his prize money £ 30,000 after winning this match. He has already won £ 85,000 after this win. If he wins the next match, the Greek will add £ 46,000 to his earnings to get in total £ 131,000 in total.

Highlights Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Dominic Thiem Wimbledon – London

Tsitsipas’s Interview

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Tsitsipas
Thiem
Stefanos Tsitsipas
3-6 7-61 6-2
6-75 7-68
3h:56
Dominic Thiem
173
173
Total points
158
158
82
82
Winners
79
79
47%
47%
Ratio Winners
50%
50%
32
32
Unforced
46
46
41%
41%
Ratio Unforced
59%
59%
46/64
46/64
Net Approaches
44/65
44/65
72%
72%
Perc
68%
68%
-- Serve --
13
13
Aces
15
15
3
3
Double Faults
4
4
65%
65%
1st in
60%
60%
82%
82%
1st won
74%
74%
82/100
82/100
1st won
79/107
79/107
72%
72%
2nd won
65%
65%
38/53
38/53
2nd won
46/71
46/71
212
212
Fastest serve
206
206
195
195
AVG 1st Serve
189
189
155
155
AVG 2nd Serve
159
159
-- Break Points --
2/11
2/11
Total
1/3
1/3
18%
18%
Won
33%
33%
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At the end of the match, Tsitsipas scored 173 points vs. Dominic’s 158.

Tsitsipas

The Greek served very well to win 82% of the points (82/100) behind his first serve, and he won 72% points (38/53) on his second serve. Stefanos fired 13 aces and he committed 3 double faults. Stefanos won this match even if he was struggling to find the solution in converting his break points after he converted only 18% (2/11) of the procured opportunities.

Thiem

On the other side, the Austrian had a tough time converting his break points (only 33% – 1/3). That was one of the key issues for his loss.

After this match, the head to head between Tsitsipas and Thiem is 5-5.

Draw and next match H2H: Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Andy Murray – stats

Tsitsipas will square off with Murray in the 2nd round.

This will be the 3rd time that Stefanos Tsitsipas and Andy Murray face off. The head to head is 1-1 for Tsitsipas and Murray (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on grass.

Stefanos Tsitsipas Draw info

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1st Set -
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Both players managed to hold their service games for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that the Austrian clinched in the 6th game (4-2) just before eventually winning the set (6-3).

They played 49 points. Thiem conquered the set after winning 9 more points than Stefanos (29-20). The Austrian surrendered 5 points on serve (20-5). Regarding the other side of the net, the Greek conceded 9 points on serve (15-9).

2nd Set -
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Nothing could divide these 2 players that had to fight for the set only at the tiebreak. Tsitsipas 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

Tsitsipas wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 10th game (5-4 30-40). On the other side, the Greek didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 75 points. Tsitsipas conquered the set after winning 7 points more than Dominic (41-34). Stefanos lost 7 points on serve (27-7). On the losing side, the Austrian conceded 14 points on serve (27-14).

3rd Set -
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The Greek in this set played much better tennis than Dominic and without too much hustling he won 6-2 after breaking the Austrian in the 5th (3-2) and in the 7th (5-2) game.

Stefanos lost a big opportunity to break Dominic in the 3rd game when he had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).

The Austrian couldn’t stop the opposition in the last 5 games of the set when the score went from 1-2 to 6-2.

Tsitsipas converted 28% of his break points (2/7). He had 7 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 0-40, 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A), the 5th (2-2 30-40) and the 7th game (4-2 0-40). On the other side, Stefanos didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They contested 51 points. Tsitsipas was the winner of the set after clinching 13 points more than Thiem (32-19). Tsitsipas was extremely solid on serve to drop just 4 points (16-4). on the other side of the court, Thiem conceded 16 points on serve (15-16).

4th Set -
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Nothing could divide these 2 players in this set and therefore the pair went to fight for it in the breaker. Eventually, Thiem won the tiebreak at 7-5.

Tiebreak

The Austrian won 4 minibreaks in the 2nd (1-1), 6th (4-2), 10th (6-4) and 12th (7-5) point. On the other side, Stefanos won 2 minibreaks in the 4th (2-2) and 8th (3-5) point.

This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 1-1, 1-2, 2-2, 3-2, 4-2, 4-3, 5-3, 6-3, 6-4, 6-5, 7-5

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 1st game (0-0 30-40).

They played 75 points. It’s worth to point out that, The Austrian won this set even if he scored less points 3 than Stefanos (36-39). The Austrian surrendered 9 points on serve (30-9). on the other side of the net, Stefanos conceded 6 points on serve (30-6).

5th Set -
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The 5th set random the decider was a sheer thriller.

Likewise, throughout the set, both players on each side were too good on serve and the affair had to be decided only at the breaker. Finally, the Greek won a thrilling breaker 10-8 after a huge fight with 18 points played.

Tiebreak

Stefanos won 3 minibreaks in the 6th (4-2), 15th (8-7) and 18th (10-8) point. On the other side, Thiem won 2 minibreaks in the 9th (4-5) and 17th (8-9) point.

This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 1-1, 1-2, 2-2, 3-2, 4-2, 4-3, 5-3, 5-4, 5-5, 5-6, 6-6, 7-6, 7-7, 8-7, 9-7, 9-8, 10-8

They played 81 points. This was a hard-fought set and finally Stefanos won only 1 point more than Thiem (41-40). The Greek conceded 8 points on serve (32-8). In addition, on the other side, the Austrian conceded 9 points on serve (32-9).

1st
Tsitsipas
Thiem
3-6
3
6
3
5
2
5
2
4
2
3
2
2
1
2
1
1
0
1
2nd
Tsitsipas
Thiem
7-6
7
6
6
6
6
5
5
5
5
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
0
3rd
Tsitsipas
Thiem
6-2
6
2
5
2
4
2
3
2
2
2
1
2
1
1
0
1
4th
Tsitsipas
Thiem
6-7
6
7
6
6
5
6
5
5
4
5
4
4
3
4
3
3
2
3
2
2
1
2
1
1
0
1
5th
Tsitsipas
Thiem
7-6
7
6
6
6
6
5
5
5
5
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
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