The Greek player realized the double by winning Sunday facing Spanish Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (6 / 3-7 / 6) and asserts itself as one of the favorites for the season on clay
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Stefanos Tsitsipas, World Fifth, won Sunday, April 17, Masters 1000 Monte Carlo for the second year in a row in the final Spanish Alejandro Davidovich (46 e ) 6 -3, 7-6 (7/3). After a few games during which he took time to start, Tsitsipas found the good carburation: from 3-3 in the first round, he aligned five consecutive games to complete the first set and detach 2- 0 in the second. Taking advantage of Davidovich’s countless direct mistakes, obviously short of energy, Tsitsipas seemed on rails to lift quickly and without shaking the trophy.
The Greek had succeeded the break to lead 5-4 and serve for matching the match. But, lost for lost, the Spaniard at the mismatched socks dropped all his blows and equalized to 5-5. The Tie-Break has been dominated by Tsitsipas and, like a symbol, the two men ended up on the ground while the game ball was still rolling on the court: Davidovich because he had just performed his last dive from the tournament, and tsitsipas because the ball had bounced off the limits of the court and it was sacred.
One of the favorites at Roland Garros
Unfortunate finalist in Roland-Garros in 2021 After lending two sets to zero against Novak Djokovic, the Greek becomes 23 years old the sixth player to keep his title in the first big tournament on the season of the season, at the season. Sides of Ilie Nastase (1971-1973), Björn Borg (1979-1980), Thomas Muster (1995-1996), Juan Carlos Ferrero (2002-2003) and Rafael Nadal (2005-2012 and 2016-2018).
Tsitsipas asserts itself as one of the great favorites of the Grand Slam on Ocher disputed Porte d’Auteuil, from May 22 to June 5th.