After losing the Rotterdam Open 2022 championship with defeat to Felix Auger -anssime, Tsitsipas moved to France to attend Marseille Open. This is the tournament in the ATP 250 category on the hard pitch.
In Marseille, Tsitsipas is ranked No. 1 and does not have to play in the first round. In the second round, he had a hard victory over Gaston Hugo to win tickets to the quarter -finals. However, the Greek player caused great disappointment when he had just lost to Roman Safiillin – who was not ranked seeds in this tournament.
Entering Set 1, the two players started quite cautiously when successfully defending their first two gaming games. The turning point only came to game 5 when SafiLLIN excelled to win the break. He preserves the advantage of game 10 and won 6-4.
Sang 2, the script remains unchanged when Safiillin is still a more prominent competition. Accordingly, he successfully broke the first game of Tsitsipas. This is also the important turning point of the set. In the following games, the No. 1 seed cannot reclaim the break, thereby accepting defeat with a score of 4-6.
In the end, Tsitsipas lost 2 Sey and was officially eliminated from this year's Marseille Open. Meanwhile, Safiillin won tickets to the semi -finals. Here, he will encounter host country player Jo-Wilfried Tsonga.
