Tsitsipas: After 9 p.m. his match with Mouzeti

Stefanos Tsitsipas will battle Lorenzo Muzzetti for qualification for the round of 16 of the Rome Masters, with the Italian completing Tuesday’s upset against Francis Tiafoe with a win 5-7, 6-4, 6-3 and in the evening (May 16, around 9:30 p.m., Cosmote Sports 6) he meets the Greek tennis player in the “16” phase.

Muzzetti and Tsitsipas meet again in this year’s clay-court season, after the semifinals in Barcelona, ​​​​where Tsitsipas prevailed in three sets and qualified for the final.

The Italian finished the game with 9 aces (2 double faults), erasing 9/12 break points from Tiafoe while taking 5 of 11 break opportunities.

In the first set on Monday night, Tiafoe found himself with a break (3-1), which he recovered a little later (3-3), while another decisive break in the 12th game gave him a 1-1 -0 lead .

In the 2nd set, Mouzeti collected the first serve to some extent (from 56% to 67%) and took a 5-2 lead with 2 breaks. Tiafoe only managed to recoup one of the two goals and fell back to 5-3 and 5-4 shortly after, but Muzzetti managed to finish the set 6-4 on the second try, equalizing with the rain to make it 1: 1 from become stronger.

However, play continued with the American constantly complaining to the referee and Muzzetti won the first two games to find a break (2-0) and Tiafoe brought the game down to 2-1 before the game was stopped.

On Tuesday, the two players returned, with Muzzetti holding serve relatively easily and then even finding a fresh break to go 6-3 and secure the evening date with Stefanos Tsitsipas for a place in the quarters.

SOURCE: Tennis24