After losing to Novak Djokovic in the Astana Open final, Stefanos Tsitsipas took a week to rest. This week, he is in Sweden to attend Stockholm Open. This is the tournament in the ATP 250 category on the hard pitch.
At Stockholm, Tsitsipas is ranked No. 1. The Greek player continues to show good performance when winning tickets to play the final. Here, his opponent is a 19 -year -old tennis player Holger Rune. In Sweden, unexpectedly happened.
Entering Set 1, the two players started quite smoothly when successfully defending the first gaming game. Shortly thereafter, Rune took the lead before winning the break right in game 3.
In the rest of the set, Rune plays firmly to successfully protect its gaming games. Meanwhile Tsitsipas could not reclaim the break. The No. 1 seed accepted to lose 4-6 in this set.
Set set 2, the script in set 1 is repeated. Accordingly, Rune still won the break first in game 3 and protected the advantage until the end of the set. 6-4 in favor of the Danish tennis player is the result of this set.
In the end, Rune defeated Tsitsipas with a score of 6-4, 6-4 and officially crowned the Stockholm Open 2022 championship. Notably, he became the second teenage of more than one title this season, after Carlos Alcaraz. Earlier, Rune was crowned in Munich Open.
Sharing after winning the championship, Rune said: “I just had astonished match. I knew everything would be very difficult, but I just tried to follow my plan.
I am feeling extremely happy. My performance today is close to perfection. Stefanos is a great player, who always causes many difficulties for me, ”Rune said.
