Tsitsipas – Raonic 3: 0: Excellent debut for Stefanos at the US Open

With a full performance, Stefanos Tsitsipas won 3-0 sets against Milos Raonic and advanced to the second round of the US Open.

The 25-year-old Greek tennis player had responded to the Canadian’s big serves and managed to secure a perfectly controlled qualification.

In the second round he meets Dominique Stefan Stricker, who won Popirin’s set 3-1. The 21-year-old Swiss is 128th in the world rankings.

The match: The first set was a two-game affair, essentially decided in the fourth and fifth sets between the two tennis players. In the fourth round, Raonic managed a double break point but Tsitsipas managed to hold.

Immediately after the Greek tennis player had a double break point, he broke his opponent’s serve and then things got easy for him. Steph held twice, creating another break in game eight to finish the first set 6-2.

The second set was a different matter. Tsitsipas set the stage for a break but didn’t make it as Raonic stayed alive in the set.

So we reached the eighth game in which the 25-year-old Greek had to earn three break points to use the last point. That was enough, because he finished the set 6:3.

We fought a tough battle in the third set. On the one hand, Tsitsipas wanted to finish the match while Raonic struggled to stay alive. It was the Canadian who broke in game six to take a 4-2 lead but Steph reacted immediately.

With psychology at its peak, Stefanos Tsitsipas managed to end the game by winning the next three games and qualifying for the next round.