Stefanos Tsitsipas is a member of a young generation that is trying to end the hegemony of the Big Three, which has won the vast majority of grand slams since 2005. The Greek player made himself known last year at the Australian Open, where he made it to the semifinals and, among other things, defeated defending champion Roger Federer. Tsitsipas finished last season with a perfect balance of 60:28, played the finals seven times, won three titles and finished the year with a triumph at his premier Champions Tournament in London. In the basic group, he lost the Russian Medvedev 7: 6, 6: 4 and the defending champion of the German Zverev 6: 3, 6: 2. In a direct battle for the first place, he was not enough for the Spaniard Nadal 7: 6, 4: 6, 5: 7. In the semifinals he defeated the Swiss Federer 6: 3, 6: 4 again and in the finals he dealt with the Austrian Thiem 6: 7, 6: 2, 7: 6.
If we take this season, it currently has a 40:16 balance. He managed to defend his title in Marseille, but was not successful in the finals in Hamburg and Dubai. However, he did very well at Roland Garros, where he turned the first round against the Spaniard Munar (108th) 4: 6, 2: 6, 6: 1, 6: 4, 6: 4 and his ride ended in the five-hundred semifinals against Serb Djoković – 6: 3, 6: 2, 5: 7, 4: 6, 6: 1.
The current world six entered the last tournament of the season, which has no parallel in history, losing in the replay of the final with the winner of this year’s US Open Thiem 6: 7, 6: 4, 3: 6. Tsitsipase mainly regretted the lost tiebreak, in which he led 5: 3. Subsequently, he did not use a clear position for the setball and after the half-break Thiem relocated it and then ended up on the net.
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