Tennis News: Stefanos Tsitsipas suffered an accident 12 months ago while reporting to Louis Armstrong Stadium to play his opening match at the US Open in New York.
Colombian tennis player Daniel Elahi Galan won the first 11 games of the match before eventually prevailing in four sets against the Greek national.
The seventh seed was understandably a little intimidated as he returned to Louis Armstrong Stadium to face the dangerous Milos Raonic who was leading 2-0 in their head-to-head and had 49 aces in just two matches at Wimbledon this season.
The Greek national is also looking to regain a boost of confidence after winning just one match in both Masters 1000 tournaments held in Toronto and Cincinnati, although he won his first title of the season earlier this month in Los Capes.
The 2019 ATP Finals champion was down just five games in the first two sets and responded by taking advantage of back-to-back breaks after Canadian Raonic opened the third set 2-4 before winning 6-2 6-3 6-4.
The 25-year-old limited Raonic to eight aces and played well, including hitting 25 winners with 20 unforced errors, while the Canadian had 48 unforced errors.
“It’s great to put on a high quality match against a champion like Milos,” said Tsitsipas. “He’s fighting to come back and I know he doesn’t feel overwhelmed. Despite that, I have to give my best from the first point. I make it physically exhausting and it works.
Tsitsipas, who has reached the third round of the US Open twice but never reached week two, will next face Swiss international Dominic Stricker who beat Australian Alexei Popyrin 6-3 6-4 3- 6 6-3.
The 15th seed and Raonic’s compatriot, Felix Auger Aliassime also suffered the same fate after having to admit the superiority of the host player, Mackenzie McDonald who won 7-6, 6-4, 1-6, 6-4 after 3 hours 26 minutes. .
Auger Aliassime, who scored 60 wins last season, has now lost 11 of his last 14 games.
In the second round of the US Open, McDonald will face Croatian tennis player Borna Gojo, who slaughtered Bolivian tennis player Hugo Delien 6-3, 6-3, 6-1.
Article tags: Tennis, US Open, Stefanos Tsitsipas, Milos Raonic
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