Stefanos Tsitsipas gets by Thompson in the 2nd round to play vs Van Assche. HIGHLIGHTS, INTERVIEW – AUSTRALIAN OPEN RESULTS

AUSTRALIAN OPEN - MELBOURNE DRAW AND RESULTS. Tsitsipas ousts Thompson to come up against Luca Van Assche in the 3rd round

By
Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Jordan Thompson

Stefanos Tsitsipas hustles Jordan Thompson 4-6 7-6(6) 6-2 7-6(4) in the 2nd round in Melbourne on Wednesday. Tsitsipas will try to keep the momentum against Luca Van Assche in the 3rd round. The battle lasted 3 hours and 37 minutes. His best result in this tournament was reaching the final in 2023. Here you can see his history at this event.

Tsitsipas
Melbourne
Tsitsipas's Record

Stefanos added to his prize money $ 75,000 after winning this match. He has already won $ 255,000 after this win. If he wins the next match, the Greek will add $ 120,000 to his earnings to get in total $ 375,000 in total.

Highlights Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Jordan Thompson Australian Open – Melbourne

Tsitsipas’s Interview

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Tsitsipas
Thompson
Stefanos Tsitsipas
4-6 7-66 6-2
7-64
3h:37
Jordan Thompson
143
143
Total points
133
133
58
58
Winners
56
56
41%
41%
Ratio Winners
42%
42%
45
45
Unforced
35
35
56%
56%
Ratio Unforced
44%
44%
26/39
26/39
Net Approaches
33/54
33/54
67%
67%
Perc
61%
61%
-- Serve --
13
13
Aces
5
5
2
2
Double Faults
0
0
51%
51%
1st in
61%
61%
75%
75%
1st won
74%
74%
58/77
58/77
1st won
56/76
56/76
64%
64%
2nd won
63%
63%
47/74
47/74
2nd won
31/49
31/49
212
212
Fastest serve
214
214
194
194
AVG 1st Serve
188
188
159
159
AVG 2nd Serve
144
144
-- Break Points --
3/7
3/7
Total
2/11
2/11
43%
43%
Won
18%
18%
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At the end of the match, Tsitsipas scored 143 points vs. Thompson’s 133.

Tsitsipas

The Greek served exceptionally well to win 75% of the points (58/77) behind his first serve, and he won 64% points (47/74) on his second serve. Tsitsipas fired 13 aces and he committed 2 double faults. The Greek won this match even if he had some problems converting his break points after he converted only 43% (3/7) of the procured opportunities.

Thompson

On the other side, Thompson had a tough time converting his break points (only 18% – 2/11). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.

After this encounter, the head to head between Tsitsipas and Thompson is 3-1 for Stefanos.

Draw and next match H2H: Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Luca Van Assche – stats

Tsitsipas will face Van Assche in the 3rd round.

There is no head to head record between Stefanos Tsitsipas and Luca Van Assche since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Stefanos Tsitsipas Draw info

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

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