French Open 2021 – ‘I had to deal with my nerves’ – Stefanos Tsitsipas details key moment in victory over Jeremy Chardy

Stefanos Tsitsipas felt successful his first set tie-breaker towards Jeremy Chardy was the essential second on his method to victory within the first spherical of the French Open on Sunday.

The Greek was up towards a neighborhood hero in Chardy and the match was such a finely balanced affair within the opening set, a tie-breaker was wanted.

The No.5 seed spoke to Barbara Schett and Mats Wilander within the Eurosport Dice about his victory and defined what he thought was the important thing second within the match.

“It took a while for me to regulate, clearly he’s a participant who performs a really unpredictable recreation – he serves very well,” Tsitsipas stated.

“It was troublesome to take care of all his photographs to start with.

“It was necessary for me to loosen up just a little bit, elevate my recreation on the identical time. Ultimately issues labored out in that first tie-breaker. I used to be down. I needed to take care of my nerves.

“By some means after that my recreation was fairly spectacular. I managed to remain constant.”

Whereas the likes of Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic are thought-about sizzling favourites at Roland Garros, Wilander is tipping Tsitsipas to go far in Paris.

Wilander quizzed Tsitsipas about how he felt being one of many favourites.

“I really feel like I’ve proven some good tennis prior to now grand slams and had first rate outcomes,” he stated.

“I’m missing a little bit of that consistency exhibiting up in these semi-finals grand slam after grand slam. I might think about myself a superb participant on clay.

“I’ve troublesome opponents forward and I don’t need to chill out or something like that, I’ve loads of job to do.

“These two weeks in Paris are going to be troublesome. I’m anticipating a giant struggle in most of my matches and I simply need to put my ideas there.”