After receiving the defeat in the Astana Open final against Novak Djokovic, Stefanos Tsitsipas had a week of rest. This week, the Greek player returned to play. The event that he chose was Stockholm Open – ATP 250 tournament held in Sweden.
Due to the No. 1 seed ranked, Tsitsipas was exempted from the first round. In the second round, the Greek player had a Maxime Cressy encounter. Two players have brought Swedish fans a very attractive talent.
Entering Set 1, Cressy suddenly won the previous break in game 5. However, Tsitsipas also quickly reclaimed the break in game 8 to balance the score 4-4. This is an excellent game of the No. 1 seed when he has dangerous serve.
In the rest of the set, no one won more break. Peaceful 6-6 in game 12, they have to enter the tie-break series of brain weight. Here, Tsitsipas started to win 2 mini breaks and lead up to 5-0, then end the gun battle series with a 7-5 victory.
Set 2, the balance game continues to be created by 2 players. In all 12 games, they successfully defended their gaming games.
Once again, Tsitsipas and Cressy have to enter a series of tie-breaks to determine the victory. This time, Cressy played more effort and progressed much more than set 1. Two players compared each other each other and extended the tie-break series to the point 14. 14-12 in favor of the No. 1 seed is also the final result.
In the end, Tsitsipas surpassed Cressy after two choking tie-breaks and officially won tickets to the quarterfinals. Here, his opponent will be the winner of Tommy Paul vs Mikael Ymer.
