Tsitsipas falls in the first round!

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Elio Valotto

le 27/08/2024 à 21h14

1 min to read

Kokkinakis Tsitsipas US Open

Stefanos Tsitsipas sinks further into crisis.

But what's happening to Tsistipas? With the exception of a few flashes of brilliance, mainly on clay, such as a superb title on the ochre of Monte-Carlo, the Greek's 2024 season more or less resembles a desert crossing.

Already disappointing in Montreal and Cincinnati, the current world No. 11 has just experienced another major disappointment.

Faced with an over-enthusiastic Kokkinakis, who put in a top-level performance (17 aces, 79% of points won on first serve, 48 winners), the 26-year-old dramatically fell back into his old ways, passing very few first serves (48%) and making far too many errors (53).

On the other side of the court, the Australian didn't let up, stringing together a string of crazy winners to finally qualify after just under 4 hours of play (7-6, 4-6, 6-3, 7-5).