Tsitsipas “bent” Veseli and started with a right hand at Roland Garros!

Struggled against Vesely, but made a positive start at Roland Garros o Stefanos Tsitsipas (3-1)!

The Greek champion found himself 2-0 up in the set, but was broken at an unsuspecting time in the 3rd set, with the Czech making it 2-1. In fact, the Greek champion had to reach the tiebreak of the 4th set in order to bend his resistance No. 452 in the world ranking.

Now, ‘Steph’ has qualified for the second round of the tournament, where he will face the winner of the pair Carbayes Baena-Navas.

The match

Veseli entered the game strongly and broke only in the 3rd game of the first set. However, over time, Tsitsipas improved his performance and in the decisive 10th game he “broke” the opponent’s serve for the 5-5. And where everything looked like a tiebreak, the Greek champion broke again and took the first set with 7-5.

Air Stefanos ??#RolandGarros | @steftsitsipas pic.twitter.com/ZjGX5YwD74

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The second set started with “Steph” taking the first game hard, and then he was excellent in doing so break in the 6th game, he made it 4-2. He then defended his serve brilliantly and made it 2-0 with 6-3.

The third set started with both tennis players being more cautious and especially behind their serve. With the score at 4-3, Tsitsipas showed a weakness, but in the end he held on and made it 4-4. Veseli easily reached 5-4 and playing decisively in the 10th game, he made the break and reduced to 2-1.

Fourth time is the charm??#RolandGarros | @steftsitsipas pic.twitter.com/Qv3HGR4l1o

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The best Greek tennis player did not seem affected at the beginning of the fourth set and even broke in the 3rd game for the 2-1. However, he was quite careless and was immediately ‘broken’ on his own serve, resulting in the 2-2. The next games did not hold any surprises, with Tsitsipas taking the 8th game hard for 4-4, while the result was the same in the next one, with Veseli reaching 5-4. So the set was driven to bye break.

There, Tsitsipas was calmer and with the game at 7-7, he took the two decisive points and made it 9-7 and 3-1, qualifying for the second round of the event.

The sets (3-1): 7-5, 6-3, 4-6, 7-6 (7).

Job done??@steftsitsipas navigates a tricky test from Vesely 7-5, 6-3, 4-6, 7-6(7) to land safely in the second round.#RolandGarros pic.twitter.com/gyLRsIo84m

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