Stefanos Tsitsipas beats Alexander Zverev 7-5 7-6(3) in the 3rd round in Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters on Thursday. Tsitsipas will play Karen Khachanov in the quarter. The battle lasted 2 hours and 6 minutes. The Greek 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 winning this match. He has already won € 149,685 after this win. If he wins the next match, Stefanos 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
At the end of the match, Stefanos scored 84 points vs. the German’s 78.
Tsitsipas
Stefanos served pretty well to win 81% of the points (39/48) behind his first serve. Yet he won only 43% points (15/35) on his second serve. The Greek won this match even if he had a tough time converting his break points after he converted only 38% (3/8) of the procured opportunities.
Zverev
On the other side, Zverev was struggling when 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
The set was pretty even as both players managed to hold serve with the notable exception of 1 break that Stefanos clinched in the 12th game (7-5) prior to eventually conquering the set (7-5).
Tsitsipas failed to serve out the set when leading 7-5 to be broken at 40.
Stefanos 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). Furthermore, on the other side, the German 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. The Greek won 6 more points than Zverev (46-40). Stefanos dropped 15 points on serve (33-15). In addition, on the other side, the German conceded 13 points on serve (25-13).
Tsitsipas overpowered the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Alexander Zverev in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 5-0. Anyhow, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for the Greek to win the set as Zverev succeeded in breaking back in the 7th (2-5) and in the 9th (4-5) game. Stefanos kept his cool before winning the set at the tiebreak at 3.
Certainly, a key moment was when Tsitsipas won 4 consecutive games in the 2nd set so as to bring the scoreline from 0-0 to 5-0. Nonetheless also Zverev won 5 consecutive games from 0-5 to 5-5
Tiebreak
Tsitsipas 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
Tsitsipas 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). Also, on the other side, Zverev 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, Stefanos won this set even if he scored the same amount of points as his opponent. Tsitsipas conceded 14 points on serve (22-14). On the other side, Zverev conceded 16 points on serve (24-16).
Tennis Scores in Monte Carlo Rolex Masters
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- Casper RuudRuud – Hubert HurkaczHurkacz (6-4 6-2)
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Alexander ZverevZverev (7-5 7-63)
- Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Daniil MedvedevMedvedev (6-3 7-5)
- Alex De MinaurDe Minaur – Alexei PopyrinPopyrin (6-3 6-4)
- Holger RuneRune – Grigor DimitrovDimitrov (7-69 3-6 7-62)
- Ugo HumbertHumbert – Lorenzo SonegoSonego (5-7 6-3 6-1)
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Lorenzo MusettiMusetti (7-5 6-3)
Upcoming matches
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- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (7-1) – H2H details and stats
- Ugo HumbertHumbert – Casper RuudRuud (3-1) – H2H details and stats
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