Tsitsipas eliminates Zverev in straight sets in Monte Carlo

Stefanos Tsitsipas, world number 12, defeated world number 5, Alexander Zverev, 2-0 sets in a matchup from the 1/8 finals of the Masters 1000 on clay in Monte Carlo and the Greek advanced to the ¼ finals where he will face Karen Khachanov who eliminated Daniil Medvedev earlier today.

8 consecutive clay Masters 1000 QFs 🤯@steftsitsipas survies a late Zverev fightback to win 7-5 7-6 🥵#RolexMonteCarloMasters pic.twitter.com/6TuLhkBa3H

— Tennis TV (@TennisTV) April 11, 2024

The 1^st set was very competitive as only 1 break was enough for Tsitsipas to win it and it happened when Zverev served to make it 6-6 and to force a tiebreak.

This definitely affected Alexander, and he started in the worst way possible in the 2nd set as the Greek won the 1st 5 games in the set and even had a match ball to win it 6-0, but Zverev saved it and won his 1^st game in the set to make it 5-1. The German won the next 4 games and tied the result and, after that, forced a tiebreak, but Stefanos won the tiebreak and the match.

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That was the 15^th match between Stefanos and Alexander, as Tsitsipas had won 10 of these games as that was the 3^rd victory on clay for the Greek as the German had only 1 triumph on clay against him.

Stefanos Tsitsipas after beating Zverev in Monte Carlo 7-5, 7-6 after being up 5-0 in the 2nd set

“I would call it an adventure of a lifetime.” 😂 pic.twitter.com/UcZztlmn02

— The Tennis Letter (@TheTennisLetter) April 11, 2024