Stefanos Tsitsipas advances to the second round at the Shanghai Masters
Tsitsipas continued his climb back up the ATP rankings after a 6-3, 7-5 win over qualifier Kimmer Coppejans.
- On Thursday, Stefanos Tsitsipas beat qualifier Kimmer Coppejans 6-3, 7-5 in a first-round match at the Shanghai Masters, advancing to the second round.
- Top-Seeded players, including 10th-seeded Novak Djokovic fresh off his 102nd career title, U.S. Open champion Alexander Zverev, and third-ranked Carlos Alcaraz, received first-round byes.
- Big-Serving Polish player Hubert Hurkacz secured a 6-3, 7-6 victory over James Duckworth, while qualifier Bernard Tomic made his first ATP 1000 main draw appearance in seven years.
- Following his opening win, Tsitsipas faces 18th-seeded Luciano Darderi in the second round as he continues his climb back toward the top of the rankings.
- Earlier this week, Jannik Sinner withdrew from the tournament to rest a right knee injury, leaving other top contenders to headline the upcoming weekend matches.
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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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