Tsitsipas beat Shelton twice in the tie-break and qualified for the 3rd round of Cincinnati!

He struggled against Ben Shelton, but being cool in both tie-breaks played, o Stefanos Tsitsipas won 2-0 sets and advanced to the 3rd round at the Cincinnati Masters!

There, he will not have an easy task, as he will face the winner of the pair Hurkac-Coric.

The two tennis players started by defending their serve, with Tsitsipas also winning an excellent point in the 7th game, where he forced a failed… string from Shelton, who almost tore his shorts from overexertion.

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And since he didn’t “break” any serve, the set went to a tie-break. There, the Greek champion was calmer and making three mini breaks, made it 1-0 with 7-3.

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The picture of the second set was similar, while again in the 7th game, something happened unprecedented. A woman directly behind Tsitsipas was bothering him to serve, with “Steph” going to the umpire and asking to have her removed from the court, saying, among other things, that “first time in my career.”

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There was no break in the second set either, which also went the way of the tie-break. In this one, the world No.4 had an even easier task and made four mini breaks (to Shelton’s one) to take the win with 7-2 and 2-0 set.

The sets: 2-0 (7-6 {3}, 7-6 {2})

More in a while…