Inexorable Stefanos Tsitsipas exterminates Van Assche in the 3rd round to clash vs Fritz. HIGHLIGHTS, INTERVIEW – AUSTRALIAN OPEN RESULTS

AUSTRALIAN OPEN - MELBOURNE DRAW AND RESULTS. Tsitsipas annihilates Van Assche to square off with Taylor Fritz in the 4th round

By
Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Luca Van Assche

Stefanos Tsitsipas sweeps aside Luca Van Assche 6-3 6-0 6-4 in the 3rd round in Melbourne on Friday after playing a solid match to play Taylor Fritz in the 4th round. The match lasted 2 hours and 2 minutes. His most significant achievement in this competition was reaching the final in 2023. Here you can see his history at this event.

Tsitsipas
Melbourne
Tsitsipas's Record

Tsitsipas added to his prize money $ 120,000 after winning this match. He has already won $ 375,000 after this win. If he wins the next match, Tsitsipas will add $ 225,000 to his earnings to get in total $ 600,000 in total.

Highlights Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Luca Van Assche Australian Open – Melbourne

Tsitsipas’s Interview

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Tsitsipas
Assche
Stefanos Tsitsipas
6-3 6-0 6-4
2h:02
Luca Van Assche
96
96
Total points
63
63
39
39
Winners
23
23
41%
41%
Ratio Winners
37%
37%
21
21
Unforced
36
36
37%
37%
Ratio Unforced
63%
63%
20/29
20/29
Net Approaches
10/20
10/20
69%
69%
Perc
50%
50%
-- Serve --
12
12
Aces
1
1
0
0
Double Faults
5
5
60%
60%
1st in
63%
63%
75%
75%
1st won
51%
51%
39/52
39/52
1st won
23/45
23/45
57%
57%
2nd won
44%
44%
20/35
20/35
2nd won
12/27
12/27
206
206
Fastest serve
208
208
193
193
AVG 1st Serve
190
190
151
151
AVG 2nd Serve
158
158
-- Break Points --
6/8
6/8
Total
1/9
1/9
75%
75%
Won
11%
11%
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At the end of the match, the Greek scored 96 points vs. the French player’s 63.

Tsitsipas

Stefanos served exceptionally well to win 75% of the points (39/52) behind his first serve, and he won 57% points (20/35) on his second serve. Stefanos fired 12 aces without committing any double fault. The Greek was pretty effective at converting 75% of the break points that he conquered (6/8).

Van Assche

On the other side, Van Assche wasn’t that great in converting his break points (only 11% – 1/9). That was one of the key issues for his loss.

After this match, the head to head between Tsitsipas and Van Assche is 1-0 for Stefanos.

Draw and next match H2H: Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Taylor Fritz – stats

Tsitsipas will take on Fritz in the 4th round.

This will be the 5th time that Stefanos Tsitsipas and Taylor Fritz play each other. The head to head is 3-1 for Tsitsipas (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

Stefanos Tsitsipas Draw info

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Tsitsipas 6-3
TsitsipasAssche
6
3
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
TsitsipasAssche
6
3
15
0
30
0
40
0
TsitsipasAssche
5
3
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
30
40
TsitsipasAssche
5
2
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
TsitsipasAssche
4
2
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
TsitsipasAssche
3
2
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
TsitsipasAssche
2
2
0
15
0
30
0
40
15
40
30
40
TsitsipasAssche
2
1
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
TsitsipasAssche
1
1
0
15
0
30
15
30
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
TsitsipasAssche
1
0
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
40

Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Stefanos conquered in the 6th game (4-2) before eventually winning the set (6-3).

Stefanos converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 40-A), the 6th (3-2 15-40) and the 10th game (6-2 30-40). On the other side, the French player was unable to convert any of his 3 break points. He had 3 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40 and 30-40) and the 7th game (2-4 30-40).

They contested 72 points. Tsitsipas was the one to win the set after conquering 12 more points than Luca (42-30). Tsitsipas dropped 12 points on serve (25-12). On the other side, Van Assche conceded 17 points on serve (18-17).

2nd Set -
Tsitsipas 6-0
TsitsipasAssche
6
0
0
15
0
30
15
30
30
30
30
40
TsitsipasAssche
6
0
15
0
30
0
40
0
TsitsipasAssche
5
0
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
TsitsipasAssche
4
0
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
TsitsipasAssche
3
0
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
TsitsipasAssche
2
0
0
15
0
30
0
40
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
40

There was not much of a fight in this set as Stefanos conceded no games to Luca before winning the set 6-0.

Stefanos converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 2nd (2-0 15-40 and 30-40) and the 5th game (4-0 15-40). On the other side, the French player was unable to convert any of his 3 break points. He had 3 break points opportunities in the 1st game (0-0 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40).

They contested 34 points. Tsitsipas was the one to win the set after conquering 12 points more than Van Assche (23-11). Tsitsipas was extremely solid on serve to concede just 4 points (13-4). Regarding the other side of the net, the French player conceded 10 points on serve (7-10).

3rd Set -
Tsitsipas 6-4
TsitsipasAssche
6
4
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
TsitsipasAssche
5
4
0
15
0
30
0
40
TsitsipasAssche
5
3
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
TsitsipasAssche
4
3
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
TsitsipasAssche
3
3
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
TsitsipasAssche
2
3
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
TsitsipasAssche
1
3
15
0
30
0
40
0
TsitsipasAssche
0
3
0
15
0
30
0
40
15
40
30
40
TsitsipasAssche
0
2
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
30
40

Tsitsipas had a strong start of this set after breaking Luca Van Assche in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. However, the Greek managed to stage a good comeback to break Luca in the 5th (2-3) and in the 7th (4-3) game before winning the set (6-4).

A defining moment of this set was when Stefanos won 5 consecutive games in the 3rd set so as to change the scoreline from 0-3 to 5-3.

Tsitsipas was perfect in converting all his break points in the 5th (1-3 15-40) and the 6th game (3-3 15-40). On the other side, the French player converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had his opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40 and 30-40) and the 6th game (3-2 40-A).

They played 53 points. Tsitsipas was the one to win the set after conquering 9 points more than the French player (31-22). Tsitsipas conceded 12 points on serve (21-12). Regarding the other side of the net, Luca conceded 10 points on serve (10-10).

1st
Tsitsipas
Assche
6-3
6
3
5
3
5
2
4
2
3
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
0
2nd
Tsitsipas
Assche
6-0
6
0
5
0
4
0
3
0
2
0
1
0
3rd
Tsitsipas
Assche
6-4
6
4
5
4
5
3
4
3
3
3
2
3
1
3
0
3
0
2
0
1
 

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