After the defeat in Australia expanded 2022, Stefanos Tsitsipas was present at Rotterdam Open – ATP 500 tournament held in the Netherlands. Here, Stefanos Tsitsipas is ranked No. 1 and is the leading candidate for the championship.
In the Netherlands, Tsitsipas showed a stable performance. Recently, he has just won in the semi -finals to officially be in the final. The defeat of the No. 1 seed is Jiri Lehecka – the phenomenon of the tournament. Lehecka is only 20 years old and is ranked 137 in the world.
Entering Set 1, Lehecka made all the fans surprised. The 20 -year -old star played extremely confident and won the break early right in the game 3. In the remaining time of the set, he successfully defended his gaming games and did not allow Tsitsipas to correct mistakes. Set 1 therefore ended with a 6-4 victory in favor of Lehecka.
Being led quickly, Tsitsipas was shocked in Set 2. However, Lehecka also showed great confidence and bravery.
In the first 9 games, both players play firmly and do not lose the break. The turning point only came to the game 10 decided when Tsitsipas successfully broke the opponent's serve game and won 6-4. The match has to enter the third set.
At this time, the mental person is Lehecka. Accordingly, he lost the break right in game 2 and let Tsitsipas lead to 3-0. Coming to Game 8, the Greek player won the break once more and closed set 3 with an overwhelming victory of 6-2.
In the end, Tsitsipas defeated Lehecka with a score of 2-1 and officially won tickets to play the final. His opponent will be Felix Auger -anssime-who has just defeated Andray RubleV in the semi-final 2. Tsitsipas will compete in the Rotterdam Open 2022 with Auger -anssime at 21:30 tonight.
