Stefanos Tsitsipas tops Aleksandar Kovacevic 7-6(1) 6-3 in the quarter in Los Cabos on Thursday. Tsitsipas will play Casper Ruud in the semifinal. The match lasted 1 hour and 39 minutes. Tsitsipas won this tournament once in 2023. Here you can see his history at this event.
Stefanos added to his prize money $ 21,075 after winning this match. He has already won $ 47,740 as of now in the tournament. If he wins the next match, Stefanos will add $ 33,455 to his earnings to get in total $ 81,195.
Highlights Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Aleksandar Kovacevic Mifel Tennis Open – Los Cabos
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:39
At the end of the match, Tsitsipas scored 71 points vs. the American’s 56.
Tsitsipas
Tsitsipas served very well to win 87% of the points (34/39) behind his first serve, and he won 52% points (14/27) on his second serve. The Greek won this match even if he was struggling when converting his break points since he converted only 33% (2/6) of the procured opportunities.
Kovacevic
On the other side, Aleksandar wasn’t that great in converting his break points (only 20% – 1/5). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this match, the head to head between Tsitsipas and Kovacevic is 1-0 for Stefanos.
Draw and next match H2H: Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Casper Ruud – stats
Tsitsipas will take on Ruud in the semifinal.
This will be the 4th time that Stefanos Tsitsipas and Casper Ruud square off. The head to head is 2-1 for Tsitsipas (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they fought against each other, Tsitsipas won 6-3 6-72 7-62 in the final in Italy F10 back in 2016.
Live score progression and stats
Tsitsipas had a favorable start in this set after breaking Aleksandar Kovacevic in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Nevertheless, the Greek was not done to come back to break Aleksandar in the 5th (2-3) game before winning the set (7-6).
Tsitsipas converted 20% of his break points (1/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 5th (1-3 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40) and the 7th game (3-3 30-40 and 40-A). Also, on the other side, Aleksandar converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had his opportunities in the 2nd (3-1 30-40) and the 6th game (3-2 30-40).
They played 82 points. The Greek won 6 points more than Kovacevic (44-38). Stefanos conceded 14 points on serve (33-14). On the other side, the American conceded 11 points on serve (24-11).
The set was pretty even as both players managed to hold serve with the notable exception of 1 break that the Greek conquered in the 6th game (4-2) prior to eventually conquering the set (6-3).
The Greek was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 6th game (3-2 30-40). On the other side, the American was unable to convert any of his 3 break points. He had 3 break points opportunities in the 7th game (2-4 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A).
They played 45 points. Tsitsipas was the one to win the set after conquering 7 more points than Kovacevic (26-19). Stefanos conceded 5 points on serve (18-5). on the other side of the court, Aleksandar conceded 8 points on serve (14-8).
Tennis Scores in Los Cabos
- Jordan ThompsonThompson – Alex MichelsenMichelsen (0-6 7-61 7-5) – Stats and score progression
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic (7-61 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Casper RuudRuud – Nuno BorgesBorges (6-3 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Alexander ZverevZverev – Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis (6-3 6-4) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Alexander ZverevZverev – Jordan ThompsonThompson (1-1) – H2H details and stats
- Casper RuudRuud – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (1-1) – H2H details and stats
