At Rotterdam Open 2022, Stefanos Tsitsipas lost to Felix Auger -anssime, thereby missing the championship. Leaving the Netherlands, the Greek tennis player decided to go to Brazil to continue conquering another ATP 500 prize, Rio Open.
At Rio Open, Tsitsipas is ranked No. 1 seed and is exempt from the first round competition. This time, he had just had a match, with the encounter of Hugo Gaston Hugo. Despite a little difficulty, the world's No. 4 player still holds the ticket to go on.
Entering Set 1, Tsitsipas entered the game very quickly and completely owned the game. He won the break right in Game 2 and quickly took the lead 4-1.
Going to Game 7, Gaston excellently reclaimed the break, but it was not enough for him to turn the flag. Even in Game 8, Tsitsipas has successfully broken the opponent's gaming game. Set 1 closed with a 6-3 victory in favor of the No. 1 seed.
Sang set 2, Gaston rises strongly and competes quite impressively. He played fairly with Tsitsipas and created an extremely attractive chase. At game 12, the score is equilibrium 6-6, forcing the two players to enter a series of tie-break brain balance.
In the gun battle series, Tsitsipas still proved more brave. He won 1 mini break and won the final 7-4. The match ended after 1 hour 29 minutes.
In the end, Tsitsipas defeated Gaston 2-0 and officially won tickets to the quarterfinals of Rio Open 2022. Tomorrow morning, he will encounter Roman Safiillin to compete in the semi-finals.
