The party didn’t end after midnight. At 12:33 PM, fourth-seeded Tsitsipas converted the third match point with a solid serve. The set of five on Philippe Chatrier’s course lasted 3 hours and 34 minutes. For several years, evening games have also been played on the center court in Paris.
Tsitsipas, 23, went 4-1 in the first set, but won only one of the next 11 games. With the necessary effort, Musetti finally achieved a victory in the second set, after which Tsitsipas moved up a level and doubted the world’s number 66 in offensive tennis. While the Greek’s fighting mentality dominated, the young Italian began to miss more and more.
Last year, 20-year-old Musetti, considered by experts to be the future world champion, made a mess when he took a 2-0 lead in sets against Novak Djokovic. He took just one game in the rest and then gave up when he fell 4-0 in the fifth set. Djokovic won the tournament by beating Tsitsipas in five sets in the final.
In the second round, Tsitsipas will meet Czech Zdenek Kolar. The Underdog title is placed on the other side of the calendar after Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal and Carlos Alcaraz.
Source: RTL
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