Tsitsipas – Sakkari: Curtain open in Barcelona and Stuttgart

Stefanos Tsitsipas and Maria Sakkari start their duties at the Barcelona Open and the Stuttgart Open with the aim of making their mark and climbing the world rankings.

The Greek champion (No. 9 in the world rankings) is on court for the first time, meets Karolina Pliskova and finds herself in trouble from the start.

Sakkari Data wants to have a better clay court season this year than last year. Pliskova, for her part, wants to get back into the top ten. After all, she was also at the top of the WTA rankings in the past.

The two tennis players faced each other six times and each had three wins. Of these, two were played on clay, both in Rome with one win each.

Ditto for both games this year, with Pliskova winning in Dubai and Sakkari in Indian Wells.

Stefanos Tsitsipas (No. 5 in the world) meets Pedro Kassin for the first time in his career. The 28-year-old Argentine is ranked No. 68 in the world and the highest he has reached is 54th. This year he has 3 wins and 11 losses in 14 games.

The Greek champion will get the favorite in this duel and everything will be decided by the situation in which he will find himself. After all, he last trained with his right hand tied.