The qualification to the “16” in the Halle 500 tournament was taken by Stefanos Tsitsipas after a great victory over him Gregoire Barer by 7-6(6), 4-6, 6(3)-7, in 2 hours and 25 minutes.
The top Greek tennis player lost the first set and was broken early in the second, but he recovered and qualified.
This was his first victory for this year on the grass, after a few days ago he had experienced a painful disqualification in Stuttgart by Richard Gasquet.
The next opponent for the 24-year-old will be Nicholas Yariwho prevailed 6-3, 7-5 earlier against Corentin Mute.
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The match:
Stefanos Tsitsipas had six break opportunities in the first set, though none were exploited. Two of them were in the first game, with Barrer stopping him and making it 1-0. In the fifth game, Tsitsipas again reached a break point that went unexploited and then comfortably held his serve, while in the eleventh game he caught fire again. Tsitsipas led 15-30, with the Frenchman erases two break points. The Greek tennis player took the lead again, but his opponent fought back and made it 6-5. The match was led to tie breakin which Barrer won 8-6.
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The Greek champion was looking for a reaction and found it, despite the second set got off to a bad start for him. Barer led 3-1, but Tsitsipas turn off the break and equalized (3-3), while taking the reins 4-3 with typical comfort.
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The Frenchman made it 4-4, but Tsitsipas took seven of the next eight points to level the set at 1-1, sending the game into a third set.
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Stefanos Tsitsipas was then found with his back against the wall, but managed to escape. In the ninth game, Barrer came within a breath of the break, but did not succeed, since the Greek tennis player erased three break points and made it 5-4.
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The set went to a tie break, in which Stefanos Tsitsipas dominated with 7-3.
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