Stefanos Tsitsipas bests Alexander Zverev 7-5 7-6(3) in the 3rd round in Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters on Thursday. Tsitsipas will engage against Karen Khachanov in the quarter. The battle lasted 2 hours and 6 minutes. Stefanos won this tournament twice in 2021 and 2022. Here you can see his history at this event.
Tsitsipas added to his prize money € 69,620 after conquering this match. He has already won € 149,685 after this win. If he wins the next match, the Greek will add € 124,740 to his earnings to get in total € 274,425 in total.
Highlights Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Alexander Zverev Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters – Monte-Carlo
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
2h:06
At the end of the match, the Greek scored 84 points vs. the German’s 78.
Tsitsipas
The Greek served pretty well to win 81% of the points (39/48) behind his first serve. Anyhow he won only 43% points (15/35) on his second serve. Stefanos won this match even if he had a tough time converting his break points since he converted only 38% (3/8) of the procured opportunities.
Zverev
On the other side, Zverev wasn’t that great in converting his break points (only 20% – 2/10). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this match, the head to head between Tsitsipas and Zverev is 10-5 for Stefanos.
Draw and next match H2H: Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Karen Khachanov – stats
Tsitsipas will compete against Khachanov in the quarter.
This will be the 9th time that Stefanos Tsitsipas and Karen Khachanov play each other. The head to head is 7-1 for Tsitsipas (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
Live score progression and stats
There was not much difference between the 2 players in this set with the exception of 1 break that Tsitsipas conquered in the 12th game (7-5) just before finally conquering the set (7-5).
The Greek failed to serve out the set when leading 7-5 to be broken at 40.
Tsitsipas was unable to convert any of the 4 conquered break points. He had 4 break points opportunities in the 10th (5-4 30-40 and 40-A) and the 12th game (6-5 30-40 and 40-A). Moreover, on the other side, Zverev was unable to convert any of his 5 break points. He had 5 break points opportunities in the 5th (2-2 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A), the 6th (3-3 30-40) and the 13th game (4-7 30-40).
They contested 86 points. Stefanos won 6 points more than Zverev (46-40). The Greek dropped 15 points on serve (33-15). Regarding the other side of the net, the German conceded 13 points on serve (25-13).
Tsitsipas got off on the right foot in the set after breaking Alexander Zverev in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 5-0. Anyhow, that wasn’t sufficient for Stefanos to win the set as Zverev found the way to break back in the 7th (2-5) and in the 9th (4-5) game. Tsitsipas maintained his focus before winning the set at the breaker at 3.
There was a pivotal moment in this set when Stefanos won 4 consecutive games in the 2nd set to convert the score from 0-0 to 5-0. However also Alexander won 5 consecutive games from 0-5 to 5-5
Tiebreak
Stefanos won 3 minibreaks in the 2nd (1-1), 6th (4-2) and 10th (7-3) point. On the other side, Zverev won a minibreak in the 1st (1-0) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 1-1, 1-2, 2-2, 3-2, 4-2, 4-3, 5-3, 6-3, 7-3
Stefanos converted 50% of his break points (2/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40), the 4th (3-0 15-40) and the 6th game (5-0 40-A and 40-A). In addition on the other side, Alexander converted 40% of his break points (2/5). He had his opportunities in the 7th (1-5 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40) and the 9th game (3-5 30-40 and 40-A).
They played 76 points. This set was so close that, Tsitsipas won this set even if he scored the same amount of points as his opponent. Stefanos dropped 14 points on serve (22-14). on the other side of the net, the German conceded 16 points on serve (24-16).
Tennis Scores in Monte Carlo Rolex Masters
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Alexander ZverevZverev (7-5 7-63)
- Alex De MinaurDe Minaur – Alexei PopyrinPopyrin (6-3 6-4)
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Lorenzo MusettiMusetti (7-5 6-3)
- Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Daniil MedvedevMedvedev (6-3 7-5)
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