Stefanos Tsitsipas is safely via into the final 16 on the Olympic Video games in Paris. The Greek ousted Daniel Evans 6-1, 6-2 in underneath 55 minutes, shifting a win away from arranging the quarter-final blockbuster in opposition to Novak Djokovic.
Stefanos struggled a bit in his opening match at Roland Garros. Nevertheless, every thing labored properly for him in opposition to the Briton, serving properly and taking cost on the return in a commanding victory. Tsitsipas barely misplaced some extent behind the preliminary shot, delivering one good maintain after one other and mounting the stress on the opposite aspect.
Evans stood removed from these numbers, dropping nearly half of the factors in his video games and getting damaged 4 occasions from 5 probabilities supplied to his opponent. Stefanos tamed his strokes properly and had the higher hand within the shortest and extra superior exchanges, controlling the scoreboard and shifting excessive in type.
Tsitsipas kicked off the battle with a booming serve within the opening recreation, holding at 15 earlier than Evans produced a maintain at love with a volley winner for 1-1.
Stefanos Tsitsipas dropped three video games in opposition to Daniel Evans on the Paris Olympics.
The Greek secured the third recreation with a volley winner on the web and bounced again from 15-40 within the subsequent one.
Daniel missed a backhand, dealing with a break level and getting damaged after a double fault. The higher-ranked participant confirmed the benefit with a drop shot winner in recreation 5 and stored his momentum on the return. The Briton netted a routine forehand within the sixth recreation, dealing with two break factors and spraying a forehand error on the primary, propelling the Greek 5-1 in entrance.
Stefanos served for the set in recreation seven and introduced it dwelling with a service winner, constructing the benefit very quickly and gathering a lift.
Evans held initially of the second set earlier than Tsitsipas leveled the rating at 1-1 with a maintain at love.
Daniel netted a forehand within the third recreation, providing Stefanos two break factors and sending one other forehand lengthy on the second to fall 2-1 behind. Tsitsipas produced one other maintain at love within the fourth recreation with a artful half-volley winner, crusing towards the end line.
They served properly in video games 5 and 6, with the Greek opening a 4-2 benefit with a tremendous serve & volley combo. Evans constructed a 40-15 lead within the seventh recreation earlier than Tsitsipas climbed again and created a break level after the rival’s unfastened forehand.
The Greek seized it with a return winner, shifting 5-2 in entrance and serving for the win. Stefanos painted a forehand crosscourt winner for 2 match factors and landed one other direct level from his forehand for a simple day on the workplace and a spot within the third spherical.