Different story from Monte Carlo it turned out to be Barcelona Open.
THE Stefanos Tsitsipas had a mediocre performance and was defeated 2-0 sets (5-7, 3-6) by Casper Rudd in the Barcelona final, with the Norwegian winning the tournament for the first time in his career greater than ATP 250 (ATP 500).
On the other hand, for the Greek tennis player, the bad “tradition” was confirmed, according to which he cannot conquer back-to-back tournaments. Something similar applies to the finals he has given in the category ATP 500where it counts now 11 losses in equal number of finals.
THE Tsitsipas entered the match better and he broke with “good evening”, taking a strong lead in first set 3-1. Rudd responded in the sixth game with a break of his own to level the score at 3-3, while he “broke” his opponent’s serve in the 12th game as well, closing the first set with in favor of 5-7.
The second set was even less competitive than the first. THE Norwegian he was now playing with psychology and he broke in the fourth game, maintaining his lead until the end, resulting in a takedown 11th career title of.
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