Stefanos Tsitsipas beats Dusan Lajovic 5-7 6-4 6-2 in the semifinal in Barcelona on Saturday. Tsitsipas will play against Casper Ruud in the final. The battle lasted 2 hours and 10 minutes. This run will match his most significant achievement in this tournament. Here you can see his history at this event.
Stefanos added to his prize money € 125,350 after winning this match. He has already won € 260,475 after this win. If he wins the next match, Stefanos will add € 227,915 to his earnings to get in total € 488,390 in total.
Highlights Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Dusan Lajovic Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell – Barcelona
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
2h:10
At the end of the match, Stefanos scored 97 points vs. Lajovic’s 80.
Tsitsipas
Tsitsipas served extremely well to win 82% of the points (41/50) behind his first serve, and he won 59% points (22/37) on his second serve. Tsitsipas was pretty focused in converting 75% of the break points that he procured (3/4).
Lajovic
On the other side, Lajovic had some problems converting his break points (only 33% – 1/3). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this contest, the head to head between Tsitsipas and Lajovic is 4-1 for Stefanos.
Draw and next match H2H: Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Casper Ruud – stats
Tsitsipas will square off with Ruud in the final.
This will be the 6th time that Stefanos Tsitsipas and Casper Ruud play each other. The head to head is 3-2 for Tsitsipas (see full H2H stats), 2-1 on clay.
The last time that they squared off, Tsitsipas won 6-1 6-4 in the final in Monte carlo back in April 2024.
Live score progression and stats
There was not much difference between the 2 players in this set with the exception of 1 break that Lajovic snatched in the 12th game (7-5) prior to eventually winning the set (7-5).
The Serbian failed to serve out the set when leading 7-5 to be broken at 40.
Dusan was unerring in converting all his break points in the 8th (4-3 40-A) and the 12th game (6-5 30-40). On the other side, the Greek wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 13th game (4-7 30-40).
They played 84 points. Dusan was the winner of the set after clinching 6 points more than Stefanos (45-39). The Serbian conceded 14 points on serve (32-14). on the other side of the court, Stefanos conceded 13 points on serve (25-13).
Similarly to the 1st set, the set was pretty even as both sides managed to hold the serve. The only difference was 1 break that Tsitsipas clinched in the 7th game (4-3) prior to eventually conquering the set (6-4).
The Greek was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 7th game (3-3 40-A). On the other side, the Serbian wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 4th game (2-1 30-40).
They played 62 points. Stefanos conquered the set after winning 4 points more than the Serbian (33-29). The Greek dropped 10 points on serve (22-10). In addition, on the other side, Lajovic conceded 11 points on serve (19-11).
The Greek in this set stepped up in a great fashion to overplay Dusan and finally he won 6-2 after breaking the Serbian in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 5th (4-1) game.
One of the most important stints of the set was when Stefanos won 4 consecutive games in the 3rd set to bring the score from 1-1 to 5-1.
The Greek was perfect in converting all his break points in the 3rd (1-1 15-40) and the 5th game (3-1 0-40). On the other side, the Greek didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 31 points. The Greek was the one to win the set after conquering 19 points more than the Serbian (25-6). Tsitsipas was unchallenged on serve to drop just 1 point during his serving games (16-1). In addition, on the other side, Lajovic conceded 9 points on serve (5-9).
Tennis Scores in Barcelona
- Casper RuudRuud – Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry (7-66 6-4)
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Dusan LajovicLajovic (5-7 6-4 6-2)
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- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Casper RuudRuud (2-2) – H2H details and stats
