Jan-Lennard Struff survives Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-4 6-75 7-66 in the 2nd round in Cincinnati on Wednesday after conquering a huge battle. Struff will play against Daniil Medvedev 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 Jan-Lennard conquered in the 7th game (4-3) before winning the set (6-4).
2nd set.
Struff started the set strong after breaking Tsitsipas in the 1st game (1-0). Nevertheless, Tsitsipas was not done to come back to break the German in the 10th (5-5) game before winning the set at the tiebreak at 5.
3rd set.
The set went straight to the tiebreak as there were no breaks. Eventually, Struff won the tiebreak at 6.
Statistics
At the end of the match, Struff scored 114 points vs. Tsitsipas’s 104 points.
Struff served extremely well to win 85% of the points (52/61) behind his first serve, and he won 62% points (23/37) on his second serve. Struff blasted 16 aces and he committed 4 double faults. Jan-Lennard won this match even if he had a tough time in converting his break points because he converted only 40% (2/5). On the other side, Stefanos was absolutely great in converting all the break points (1/1). However, that was not enough to win the contest.
After this encounter, the head to head between Struff and Tsitsipas is 2-1 for Jan-Lennard.
Next Match: Jan-Lennard Struff vs. Daniil Medvedev – H2H and stats
Struff will square off with Medvedev in the 3rd round.
This will be the 3rd time that Jan-Lennard Struff and Daniil Medvedev clash against each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Medvedev (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.
The last time that they fought against each other, Medvedev won 6-3 3-6 7-63 in the 2nd round in Marseille back in 2017.
