Stefanos Tsitsipas praises Sebastian Korda after Cincinnati win

World No. 3 Stefanos Tsitsipas underlined he did not anticipate to have a simple job in opposition to rising American star Sebastian Korda. Tsitsipas, seeded at No. 2, overcame Korda 7-6 (5) 6-3 to succeed in the Cincinnati Masters round-of-16 In current months, Korda captured his maiden ATP title in Parma and at present he’s having fun with a career-high rating of No.

45 on the earth. “He’s somebody who has been doing nicely lately. I knew I had a tough problem forward of me,” Tsitsipas mentioned of Korda in his on-court interview, per the ATP web site. “When issues received robust, I stayed there.

The match was performed within the particulars. “I used to be capable of convey the very best out of my recreation when issues received robust and persevere. I used to be constant all through the essential moments and I believe simply looking for options and methods to use as a lot strain as attainable.

That was the important thing component at present.”

Tsitsipas escaped with a straight-set win

Korda put strain early on however Tsitsipas saved two break factors within the opening recreation of the match. Tsitsipas had his probabilities on Korda’s serve however the American saved a break level within the sixth and eighth recreation to finally power a tie-break.

Within the tie-break, Korda took an early 2-0 lead however Tsitsipas recovered to win a good first set. Korda saved a break level within the fifth recreation of the second set to take a 3-2 lead however that was all from him as Tsitsipas then earned back-to-back breaks to win 4 video games in a row and ebook a straight-set win.

Tsitsipas performs subsequent Lorenzo Sonego. “He’s a passionate participant. He brings the very best out of himself in each single match that he will get to play,” Tsitsipas mentioned of Sonego. “Clearly I’m somebody who’s going to try to discover options in opposition to any opponent that I’m going to be going through this week. Let the very best man win.”