Baes – Tsitsipas 1-2: Stefanos Sifounas qualified for the fourth round of the Madrid Open

Stefanos Tsitsipas defeated Sebastian Baez after two hours and 14 minutes with a 2-1 set win (7: 5, 3: 6, 6: 3) and thus reached the fourth round of the Madrid Open.

The Greek champions will meet Spain’s Bernade Zapata Mirales (No. 42 in the world), who earlier defeated Russia’s Roman Shafiulin 2-1.

The match

The two tennis players easily held their serves in the first seven games without the threat of a break. However, in the eighth game, Baez dropped out and temporarily took the lead for the set. Stefanos reacted immediately. He initially won the ninth game, which was a thrill in which Baez cleared three break points.

He then won all three remaining sets by getting another break on the Argentine’s serve and won the set 7-5, playing beautiful tennis in the latter part of the set.

Sebastian Baez went into the second set angry. First, Tsitsipas had two break points in the first game, which he erased and then made it 1-0 while also breaking Stefanos’ first serve. In the third set, Baez held his serve to make it 3-0.

Stefanos, who didn’t start well in the first set, responded to 3-1 in the fourth game, which he won comfortably. From there he tried to grab the break to level the set and despite having chances, Baez held on and won the second set 6-3.

The third set was more even than the previous two as the two tennis players served lightly without the threat of a break. In the eighth game, Tsitsipas broke Baes’ serve and used the advantage for the third set. In the last game, the two fought a nice duel, but Tsitsipas was able to win in the end.