Stefanos Tsitsipas advances to the second round at the Shanghai Masters
Tsitsipas won 6-3, 7-5 and continued his climb back up the ATP rankings.
- On Thursday, Stefanos Tsitsipas defeated qualifier Kimmer Coppejans 6-3, 7-5 in a first-round match at the Shanghai Masters, continuing his slow climb back up the ATP rankings.
- Top-Seeded players Alexander Zverev and Carlos Alcaraz received first-round byes and were not scheduled to play until the weekend, while Jannik Sinner withdrew earlier this week due to a right knee injury.
- The 33-year-old Australian qualifier Bernard Tomic earned his first ATP 1000 main draw spot in seven years after defeating Timofey Skatov 7-5, 6-4 in the final qualifying round.
- Big-Serving Polish player Hubert Hurkacz advanced after hitting 19 aces in a 6-3, 7-6 win against James Duckworth and next plays No. 18 seed Luciano Darderi.
- Novak Djokovic enters the Shanghai Masters as a top seed following his China Open victory on Tuesday, where he secured his 102nd career title.
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Stefanos Tsitsipas advances to the second round of the Shanghai Masters after his 2-0 (6-3, 7-5) victory over Kimer Kopejans. The post Tsitsipas comfortably advances to the second round of Shanghai appeared first on in.gr.
Stefanos Tsitsipas advances to second round of Shanghai Masters
Tsitsipas, who reached a career-high No. 3 ranking in 2021, had to win two qualifying matches to get into the main draw at last week’s Japan Open, where he lost in the second round. At his previous tournament, the U.S. Open, he lost in the fourth round to eventual finalist Ben Shelton.
Stefanos Tsitsipas did not face any particular problems and thus prevailed over Kimer Kopejans with 2-0 sets (6-3, 7-5) in the “128” phase at the Shanghai Masters. Stefanos Tsitsipas made an ideal start at the Shanghai Masters, prevailing with 2-0 sets (6-3, 7-5) over the Belgian, Kimer Kopejans and passed without any particular problems to the next phase of the tournament. There he will face Luciano Darderi. But this is not the first time he wi…
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Stefanos Tsitsipas advances to the second round at the Shanghai Masters
SHANGHAI (AP) — Stefanos Tsitsipas beat qualifier Kimmer Coppejans 6-3, 7-5 on Thursday in a first-round match at the Shanghai Masters, continuing his slow climb back up the ATP rankings.
Against the 32-year-old unknown Belgian, No. 232 in the world, the Greek tennis player did not worry at any point in the game, even when in the 2nd set, he made almost twice as many errors as in the first.
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