Dominic Stricker shocks Stefanos Tsitsipas 7-5 6-7(2) 6-7(5) 7-6(6) 6-3 in the 2nd round in New York on Wednesday. Stricker will engage against Benjamin Bonzi in the 3rd round. The epic lasted 4 hours and 4 minutes. This will be his most significant achievement in this tournament. In the past, the best he could do was reach the qualifications in 2022. Here you can see his history at this event.
Dominic Stephan added to his prize money $ 68,000 after winning this match. He has already won $ 191,000 after this win. If he wins the next match, Stricker will add $ 93,000 to his earnings to get in total $ 284,000 in total.
Highlights Dominic Stricker vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas U.S. Open – New York
Stricker’s Interview
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Dominic Stephan scored 187 points vs. Stefanos’s 181.
Stricker
Stricker served exceptionally well to win 76% of the points (78/103) behind his first serve, and he won 56% points (44/79) on his second serve. Stricker fired 11 aces and he committed 6 double faults. The Swiss won this match even if he had some problems converting his break points since he converted only 46% (6/13) of the procured opportunities.
Tsitsipas
On the other side, the Greek was effective when converting 50% of the break points that he procured points (4/8). However, that was not enough to win the match.
After this match, the head to head between Stricker and Tsitsipas is 1-1.
Draw and next match H2H: Dominic Stricker vs. Benjamin Bonzi – stats
Stricker will square off with Bonzi in the 3rd round.
There is no head to head record between Dominic Stricker and Benjamin Bonzi since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
Both players managed to hold their service games for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Dominic Stephan snatched in the 11th game (6-5) before finally conquering the set (7-5).
Stricker was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 11th game (5-5 30-40). On the other side, Tsitsipas wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 10th game (5-4 30-40).
They played 71 points. The Swiss conquered the set after winning 5 points more than Stefanos (38-33). Stricker dropped 10 points on serve (25-10). On the other side, the Greek conceded 13 points on serve (23-13).
Stefanos won the set after he broke Dominic Stephan in the 4th (3-1) game. The Swiss tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 5th (3-2) game. Anyhow, Tsitsipas refused to give way to eventually clinch the set at the following tiebreak at 2.
Tiebreak
Tsitsipas won 5 minibreaks in the 2nd (1-1), 3rd (2-1), 6th (4-2), 7th (5-2) and 9th (7-2) point. On the other side, the Swiss won a minibreak in the 1st (1-0) point.
The Greek won the tiebreak 7-2 after he conquered a decisive 4-2 lead.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 1-1, 2-1, 3-1, 4-1, 4-2, 5-2, 6-2, 7-2
Stefanos was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 4th game (2-1 15-40). On the other side, Dominic Stephan was unerring in converting all his break points in the 5th game (1-3 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 70 points. Tsitsipas was the winner of the set after clinching 10 points more than Stricker (40-30). The Greek surrendered 8 points on serve (26-8). On the losing side, Stricker conceded 14 points on serve (22-14).
Tsitsipas won the set after he broke the Swiss in the 3rd (2-1) game. Dominic Stephan tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 4th (2-2) game. Notwithstanding, Stefanos managed to stay calm and finish the job to ultimately clinch the set at the following tiebreak at 5.
Tiebreak
Tsitsipas won 3 minibreaks in the 4th (3-1), 8th (5-3) and 12th (7-5) point. On the other side, Dominic Stephan won 4 minibreaks in the 2nd (1-1), 6th (2-4), 10th (4-6) and 11th (5-6) point.
Stefanos won the tiebreak 7-5 after he conquered a decisive 5-3 lead.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 1-1, 2-1, 3-1, 3-2, 4-2, 5-2, 5-3, 5-4, 6-4, 6-5, 7-5
They played 89 points. It’s worth to point out that, Tsitsipas won this set even if he scored less points 5 than the Swiss (42-47). Tsitsipas conceded 21 points on serve (31-21). Regarding the other side of the net, Dominic Stephan conceded 11 points on serve (26-11).
Stricker took off at the beginning of the set after breaking Stefanos Tsitsipas in the 1st game (1-0). However, there was more work to do for Dominic Stephan to win the set since Tsitsipas managed to break back in the 4th
(2-2) and in the 8th (5-3) game. Dominic Stephan maintained his cool before winning the set at the breaker at 6.Tiebreak
The Swiss won 3 minibreaks in the 5th (3-2), 13th (7-6) and 14th (8-6) point. On the other side, Tsitsipas won a minibreak in the 7th (3-4) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 1-1, 2-1, 2-2, 3-2, 4-2, 4-3, 4-4, 4-5, 5-5, 6-5, 6-6, 7-6, 8-6
Dominic Stephan converted 50% of his break points (2/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 0-40) and the 9th game (3-5 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A). Dominic Stephan saved 1 set point when he was trailing 4-5. On the other side, the Greek was flawless in converting all his break points in the 4th (1-2 40-A) and the 8th game (4-3 15-40).
They contested 86 points. The set was a huge battle since finally the Swiss won just 2 more points than Stefanos (44-42
). Dominic Stephan surrendered 18 points on serve (27-18). On the losing side, Stefanos conceded 17 points on serve (24-17).Stricker took off at the beginning of the set after breaking Stefanos Tsitsipas in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. That break turned to be decisive for the Swiss to win the set (6-3) as no one dropped a serve anymore.
The Swiss was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 2nd game (1-0 40-A). On the other side, Tsitsipas wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 9th game (3-5 30-40).
They contested 53 points. Dominic Stephan conquered the set after winning 7 points more than the Greek (30-23). Stricker surrendered 6 points on serve (21-6). on the other side of the court, Tsitsipas conceded 9 points on serve (17-9).
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