{"id":77549,"date":"2024-04-13T16:24:08","date_gmt":"2024-04-13T14:24:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/montecarlotennismasters.com\/?p=77549"},"modified":"2024-04-13T16:46:47","modified_gmt":"2024-04-13T14:46:47","slug":"tistisipas-sinks-sinner-in-monte-carlo-classic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/montecarlotennismasters.com\/en\/tistisipas-sinks-sinner-in-monte-carlo-classic\/","title":{"rendered":"Tistisipas sinks Sinner in Monte-Carlo classic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters brings the best out of Stefanos Tsitsipas.<\/p>\n<p>The Greek captured the biggest win of his season on Saturday when he rallied to defeat World No. 2 Jannik Sinner 6-4, 3-6, 6-4 to move to within one win of capturing his third title in the Principality.<\/p>\n<p>In a fiercely competitive match, where both bludgeoned the ball with pace, it was Tsitsipas who found a way as he so often has at the clay-court event. The Greek outmanoeuvred Sinner with his heavy forehand and rallied from 2-4 in the third set to advance after two hours and 38 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It was tennis at its highest level that I have been able to play. Jannik was an extremely difficult opponent and it can be seen throughout the year so far. He has been very consistent and I could see that throughout today with his game,&#8221; Tsitsipas said. &#8220;He is one of the toughest opponents I have faced so far and to find ways when there weren&#8217;t that many, I am proud of that. He gave me a very difficult game and way I overcame it is true excellence.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zW8KrnBblVM?si=zVZNPOzyuIr1B3Bm\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Having arrived in the Principality with a modest 11-6 record for 2024, Tsitsipas appears to have been galvanised by returning to an event where he lifted back-to-back titles in 2021 and 2022. The Greek will compete in his seventh ATP Masters 1000 final when he takes on Novak Djokovic or Casper Ruud.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It helps a lot knowing I have a win like this under my belt. Having a win like this and getting to the levels of tennis again brings a lot of satisfaction to me,&#8221; Tsitsipas said. &#8220;When there is a lot of work put in each day these are the type of matches you are aiming for.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The 25-year-old is up three spots to No. 9 in the PIF ATP Live Rankings, having dropped outside the Top 10 for the first time in five years in February. Playing with a renewed sense of freedom this week, Tsitsipas backed up impressive wins against Alexander Zverev and Karen Khachanov with an aggressive display against Sinner, who struggled with a leg injury in the third set, twice receiving medical treatment.<\/p>\n<p>Tsitsipas now leads the second seed 6-3 in the pair\u2019s Lexus ATP Head2Head series, with his victory against the Italian his first Top 3 win since 2022 when he beat Daniil Medvedev in Cincinnati.<\/p>\n<p>It is just the second time Sinner has suffered defeat this season. The Italian, competing in his second Monte-Carlo semi-final, leaves the Principality holding the most wins (25) and most titles (3) on Tour in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Tsitsipas began quickly in front of a vocal crowd on a sunbaked Court Rainier III. The Greek gained an early break to lead 2-1 and was dominant behind his first serve, winning 13\/14 points on his opening delivery to limit Sinner to zero break point opportunities on return.<\/p>\n<p>Sinner responded at the start of the second set, though, upping his intensity and making more returns to race 3-0 ahead. The Italian struck 14 winners in the second set according to Infosys ATP Stats and produced his best level when serving out for 5-3 as fended off five break points in the game to level.<\/p>\n<p>Both players continued to improve as the match went into the third set, with Sinner racing into a 4-1 lead. However, the Italian seemed to tweak his knee in the seventh game of the set, receiving treatment at 4-3. Tsitsipas came out firing on the resumption, break immediately to level for 4-4 before he hit with brutal power off both wings to seal a statement win as Sinner physically faded quickly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Greek chasing third title in Monte-Carlo.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-77549","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-non-classifiee-en"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Tistisipas sinks Sinner in Monte-Carlo classic - Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/montecarlotennismasters.com\/en\/tistisipas-sinks-sinner-in-monte-carlo-classic\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Tistisipas sinks Sinner in Monte-Carlo classic - 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