A Greek stumbles at the ATP 1000 Mutua Madrid Open men’s tennis tournament in Madrid, Spain Stefanos Tsitsipas (ATP-7), which is already in the round of 16 4:6, 4:6 lost to Brazil Thiago Monteiro (ATP-118). The match lasted 1 hour 36 minutes, and these tennis players played against each other for the first time.
The breakthrough of the first set happened in the third game, when Th.Monteiro broke away 40:15 and won the opponent’s service series. This was the only game of the set where either player had break points.
The Brazilian had more break points in the second set. Already in the first game, he took the initiative, then he was able to win the opponent’s serving series in the fifth, seventh and ninth games. S. Tsitsipas didn’t hold on like that anyway and neutralized two “match points”. In the tenth game, the Greek, who improved his game, created a “break point” for the first time, but was unable to equalize the result.
“The opponent played aggressively, almost all balls were successfully served on the first attempt. It’s a shame that I didn’t accept my opponent’s serve throughout the match like I did in the last game. I was not able to feel the rhythm of the game for a long time, and the opponent played well. That’s what tennis is,” said S. Tsitsipas.
Th. Monteiro fell in the first round of the ATP “Challenger” tournament in Portugal last week, then he came to the qualification of the tournament in Madrid and started to collect victories here.
The Italian did not have such problems as S. Tsitsipas Jannik Sinner (ATP-2). He 6:0, 6:3 surpassed his compatriot Lorenzo Sonego (ATP-52).
The prize pool of the ATP 1000 series men’s tennis tournament in Madrid is just over 7.877 million. euros.
