“Airy” and comfortable in this year’s “16” phase Roland Garros o Stefanos Tsitsipas!
The Greek tennis player was completely focused, he performed very well on the “Suzanne Lenglen” court and did not leave any room for reaction to the Argentine and number 95 in the world ranking, Diego Schwarzmancelebrating the victory with 3-0 sets (6-2, 6-2, 6-3) and at the same time qualifying for the “16” stage of this year’s Roland Garros!
Cruising ??@steftsitsipas punches his ticket to the fourth round.#RolandGarros pic.twitter.com/x1C38LjVSX
— Roland-Garros (@rolandgarros) June 2, 2023
Stefanos was dominant throughout the match, having 7 breaks, 34 winners and 6 aces, while his opponent paid for his 41 unforced errors.
Next opponent of Stefanos the Austrian, Sebastian Ofner (No.118 in the world ranking), who eliminated Fabio Fognini with a difficult 3-2 set (5-7, 6-3, 7-5, 1-6, 6-4) and qualified for the first time in his career in the fourth round of a Grand Slam.
The match
The match started with Tsitsipah to come in focused and serve for 1-0, while breaking Schwartzman’s first serve for 2-0 and then forcing his pace for 3-0! The Argentinian was struggling on his serve, with Tsitsipas reaching double break point, but Schwartzman coming back to win his first game of the match, going 3-1 down. Tsitsipas responded with a love game and made his second break for 5-1, before breaking for 6-2 and leading 1-0 in the sets!
Have you ever seen a smoother half-volley? ??#RolandGarros | @dieschwartzman pic.twitter.com/vnaf5fapTO
— Roland-Garros (@rolandgarros) June 2, 2023
At the beginning of the second set, Tsitsipas made it 1-0 without losing a point, and then came “one breath” from his fourth break in the match, but did not take advantage of the two opportunities he had, with Schwartzman leveling at 1- 1, before Stefanos held his serve to retake the lead, at 2-1 and 3-2. Schwartzman reached 24 unforced errors and Tsitsipas made it 4-2 with a love game and a break, comfortably protected his serve for 5-2 and closed the second set with a break, making it 2-0 with more than enough comfort!
THIS. SHOT. ??
No words. #RolandGarros | @steftsitsipas pic.twitter.com/LEL1TqQaLD
— Roland-Garros (@rolandgarros) June 2, 2023
Stefanos started the third set perfectly as well, holding his serve for 1-0, while coming very close to the break, before Schwartzman equalized at 1-1. Then, in a game that lasted almost 15 minutes, Tsitsipas erased three break points of his opponent for a 2-1 advantage, while he made his 7th break in the match, taking a two game lead. Schwartzman pressed on his last counterattack and cut to 4-2 and 5-3, before Stefanos secured qualification, serving for 6-3 and the final 3-0 in sets!
The sets: 6-2, 6-2, 6-3
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