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‘It felt great to play this way today,’ Stefanos Tsitsipas through with ease in Barcelona


Stefanos Tsitsipas has sailed through to the third round of the Barcelona Open, winning in straight sets over Jaume Munar. 

Stefanos Tsitsipas defeated the Spaniard 6-0, 6-2 in an hour and 18 minutes to make the third round in Barcelona.

“[It was] great being able to play like this today,” Tsitsipas said in his post-match interview. “I was serving well, I felt comfortable from the baseline and trying to be aggressive. My shots were working, I hit a lot of winners from all over the court.”

 

 

Tsitsipas hit 29 winners to Munar’s 8 over the course of the match. I. addition, Tsitsipas won 88% of points behind his first serve to Munar’s 55%, and 58% behind his second serve while Munar only managed to win 4 points out of 20 behind his second serve (20%).

“Things like this always help and always add confidence to your game.”

The win is Tsitsipas’ 23rd of 2021, and his 17th in straight sets, taking his win/loss record to 23-5 for the year so far. Only Andrey Rublev has more wins with 25.

 

Tsitsipas Munar Stats

(Photo credit Ray Giubilo)


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