Failed to get away from Stefanos Tsitsipas In the Cincinnati tournament, as the 27-year-old lost 2-1 to the French Benzamen Bonzi (No. 63 in the world rankings) and was left out.
Stefanos Tsitsipas started the match vigorously, despite the fact that he had to save four set points to finally win the first set in Tiebreak 7-6 (7-4). However, the sequel was not commensurate, which resulted in his course in Cincinnati to end prematurely.
Specifically, in the second set, Stef was back 5-2, when the match was temporarily suspended due to power outage at the premises, which also stopped television. After the problem was restored, the race continued, but the 26 -year -old Greek failed to overturn the situation. Bonzi kept the lead and tied a 1-1 set, dominating 6-3.
In the third and decisive set, a Break from Bonzi proved to be decisive. The French tennis player maintained the lead and celebrated the qualification of 6-4, completing the overthrow and ending this year’s Tsitsipa’s course in the Cincinnati tournament.
It is worth noting that this was Bonci’s fifth win this year against players in the top 30 of the world rankings. In the third round, he will face Felix Oze-Alassim, who earlier dominated Artur Ridernex’s 2-0 set.