Stefanos Tsitsipas beats Tommy Paul 6-3 7-5 in the 2nd round in Washington on Thursday after winning a huge battle. Tsitsipas is going to play against Jordan Thompson in the 3rd round.
Score, report, and key facts
1st set.
The set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that Stefanos conquered in the 6th game (4-2) before winning the set (6-3).
2nd set.
Tsitsipas won the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after dropping his serve in the 8th (3-5) game, Stefanos broke back in the 9th (4-5) and in the 11th (6-5) game before winning the set 7-5.
The American was completely wiped out in the last 4 games of the set (from 3-5 to 7-5).
At the end of the match, Stefanos scored 68 points vs. the American’s 63 points.
Tsitsipas served very well to win 85% of the points (39/46) behind his first serve. Nonetheless he won only 32% points (8/25) on his second serve. Stefanos won this match even if he had some problems in converting his break points since he converted only 38% (3/8). On the other side, Tommy wasn’t that great in converting his break points as he converted only 20% of his break points (1/5). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this match, the head to head between Tsitsipas and Paul is 2-0 for Stefanos.
Highlights Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Tommy Paul Citi Open – Washington
Tsitsipas’s Interview
Next Match: Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Jordan Thompson – H2H and stats
Tsitsipas will square off with Thompson in the 3rd round.
There is no head to head record between Stefanos Tsitsipas and Jordan Thompson since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
