Stefanos Tsitsipas tops Khachanov in the quarter to set up a battle vs Sinner at the Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters. HIGHLIGHTS, INTERVIEW – MONTE-CARLO ROLEX MASTERS RESULTS

MONTE-CARLO ROLEX MASTERS - MONTE-CARLO DRAW AND RESULTS. Tsitsipas ousts Khachanov

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Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Karen Khachanov

Stefanos Tsitsipas aces Karen Khachanov 6-4 6-2 in the quarter in Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters on Friday. Tsitsipas will try to go further in the tournament when playing against Jannik Sinner in the semifinal. The match lasted 1 hour and 22 minutes. Tsitsipas won this tournament twice in 2021 and 2022. Here you can see his history at this event.

Tsitsipas
Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters
Tsitsipas's Record

The Greek added to his prize money € 124,740 after winning this match. He has already won € 274,425 as of now in the tournament. If he wins the next match, Tsitsipas will add € 227,455 to his earnings to get in total € 501,880.

Highlights Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Karen Khachanov Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters – Monte-Carlo

Tsitsipas’s Interview

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Tsitsipas
Khachanov
Stefanos Tsitsipas
6-4 6-2
1h:22
Karen Khachanov
58
58
Total points
43
43
27
27
Winners
16
16
47%
47%
Ratio Winners
37%
37%
-- Serve --
7
7
Aces
1
1
3
3
Double Faults
1
1
62%
62%
1st in
67%
67%
84%
84%
1st won
48%
48%
27/32
27/32
1st won
16/33
16/33
45%
45%
2nd won
69%
69%
9/20
9/20
2nd won
11/16
11/16
-- Break Points --
4/8
4/8
Total
1/3
1/3
50%
50%
Won
33%
33%
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At the end of the match, Tsitsipas scored 58 points vs. the Russian’s 43.

Tsitsipas

Stefanos served very well to win 84% of the points (27/32) behind his first serve. Nonetheless he won only 45% points (9/20) on his second serve. The Greek was well focused in converting 50% of the break points that he procured (4/8).

Khachanov

On the other side, the Russian had a tough time converting his break points (only 33% – 1/3). That was one of the key issues for his loss.

After this match, the head to head between Tsitsipas and Khachanov is 8-1 for Stefanos.

Draw and next match H2H: Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Jannik Sinner – stats

Tsitsipas will square off with Sinner in the semifinal.

This will be the 9th time that Stefanos Tsitsipas and Jannik Sinner square off. The head to head is 5-3 for Tsitsipas (see full H2H stats), 3-1 on clay.

Live score progression and stats

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

Tsitsipas was pretty sharp at the beginning of the set after breaking Karen Khachanov in the 1st game (1-0). However, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for the Greek to win the set because Karen managed to break back in the 2nd (1-1) game. The Greek maintained his focus to break the Russian in the 3rd (2-1) game before winning the set (6-4).

Stefanos converted 40% of his break points (2/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40) and the 3rd game (1-1 15-40 and 30-40). In addition on the other side, Khachanov converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had his opportunities in the 2nd (0-1 15-40 and 30-40) and the 6th game (2-3 30-40).

They played 64 points. It’s worth to point out that, Stefanos won this set even if he scored less points 2 than Karen (31-33). Stefanos surrendered 13 points on serve (20-13). On the other side, Karen conceded 11 points on serve (20-11).

2nd Set -
Tsitsipas 6-2
TsitsipasKhachanov
6
2
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
TsitsipasKhachanov
5
2
15
0
30
0
30
0
40
0
TsitsipasKhachanov
4
2
15
0
30
0
40
0
TsitsipasKhachanov
3
2
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
TsitsipasKhachanov
2
2
15
0
30
0
40
0
TsitsipasKhachanov
1
2
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
40
40
40
A
TsitsipasKhachanov
1
1
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15

The Greek in this set was more solid than Khachanov and without struggling too much he won 6-2 after breaking Karen in the 5th (3-2) and in the 7th (5-2) game.

Karen couldn’t stop the opposition in the last 5 games of the set when the score went from 1-2 to 6-2.

They contested 38 points. The Greek was the one to win the set after conquering 16 points more than Khachanov (27-11). Stefanos was extremely solid on serve to drop just 3 points (16-3). Regarding the other side of the net, Khachanov conceded 11 points on serve (8-11).

1st
Tsitsipas
Khachanov
6-4
6
4
5
4
5
3
4
3
4
2
3
2
3
1
2
1
1
1
1
0
2nd
Tsitsipas
Khachanov
6-2
6
2
5
2
4
2
3
2
2
2
1
2
1
1
0
1
 

Tennis Scores in Monte Carlo Rolex Masters

  • Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Alex De MinaurDe Minaur (7-5 6-4)
  • Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (6-4 6-2)
  • Jannik SinnerSinner – Holger RuneRune (6-4 6-76 6-3)
  • Casper RuudRuud – Ugo HumbertHumbert (6-3 4-6 6-1)

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