Stefanos Tsitsipas outlasts Luciano Darderi 6-4 3-6 7-6(5) in the 1st round in Halle on Monday after conquering a huge battle. The battle lasted exactly 2 hours. This run will match his best result in this competition. Here you can see his history at this event.
Tsitsipas added to his prize money € 17,215 after winning this match. He has already won € 36,885 after this win. If he wins the next match, the Greek will add € 32,215 to his earnings to get in total € 69,100 in total.
Highlights Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Luciano Darderi Terra Wortmann Open – Halle
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
Tsitsipas won this contest even if he conquered less points than Darderi (86 vs. 95).
Tsitsipas
Stefanos struck 11 aces and he committed 2 double faults. Tsitsipas won this match even if he wasn’t that great in converting his break points as he converted only 33% (1/3) of the procured opportunities.
Darderi
On the other side, the Italian was not so effective in converting his break points (only 17% – 1/6). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this encounter, the head to head between Tsitsipas and Darderi is 1-0 for Stefanos.
Live score progression and stats
Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Stefanos snatched in the 5th game (3-2) before eventually conquering the set (6-4).
Tsitsipas converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 5th (2-2 15-40) and the 7th game (4-2 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Tsitsipas didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 60 points. The set was a huge battle since finally the Greek won just 2 more points than Luciano (31-29). Tsitsipas dropped 6 points on serve (21-6). on the other side of the court, Luciano conceded 10 points on serve (23-10).
Tsitsipas started the set strong after breaking Luciano Darderi in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. That break was the key for Darderi to win the set (6-3) as there were no other breaks.
Luciano was perfect in converting all his break points in the 1st (0-0 30-40) and the 10th game (6-2 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Darderi didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 51 points. The Italian won 5 points more than the Greek (28-23). The Italian was extremely solid on serve to concede just 3 points (16-3). Regarding the other side of the net, Stefanos conceded 12 points on serve (20-12).
The set went straight to the tiebreak as there were no breaks. Eventually, the Greek won the breaker at 7-5.
Tiebreak
Stefanos won 4 minibreaks in the 3rd (2-1), 6th (4-2), 7th (5-2) and 12th (7-5) point. On the other side, the Italian won 2 minibreaks in the 5th (2-3) and 9th (3-6) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 1-1, 2-1, 3-1, 3-2, 4-2, 5-2, 6-2, 6-3, 6-4, 6-5, 7-5
Neither player conceded a single break point during this set. On the other side, the Italian was unable to convert any of his 2 break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 6th game (3-3 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 70 points. It’s worth to point out that, Tsitsipas won this set even if he scored less points 8 than the Italian (31-39). The Greek conceded 11 points on serve (24-11). On the other side, Luciano conceded 7 points on serve (28-7).
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