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Tsitsipas Sets Coric Rematch In Vienna

Sinner cruises past Garin
October 26, 2022
Stefanos Tsitsipas advances to the Vienna second round for the third straight year. By ATP Staff

Stefanos Tsitsipas settled in at the Erste Bank Open as he improved throughout his opening win on Wednesday at the ATP 500 in Vienna.

In a 7-6(2), 6-2 victory against home favourite Dennis Novak, the second-seeded Greek instantly recovered a mid-set break in the opening set. After two straight love holds, Tsitsipas was broken to love as he fell behind 3-4. He then let slip a 0/40 opening in the ensuing game before converting on his fourth break chance and never looked back, dominating the second set to advance to the second round for the third straight year in the Austrian capital.

"It took time to adjust to these new conditions," said Tsitsipas. "I was playing against an opponent that I didn't know much about. I hadn't played him before.

"I did really well in the second set, kind of finding my steps and getting a good feel of the court, of the balls," he added, noting his improved return game and clarity. "It was a very good second set, in my opinion. I just wish I could have pulled that off in the fist set but it didn't come. I had to fight hard in that first one to get it and play a good tie-break."

The victory sets up a rematch of the Cincinnati final, which he lost in Borna Coric. The Croatian earned a three-set win against France's Quentin Halys on Monday.

Tsitsipas leads the ATP Tour with 57 match wins this season and is also co-leader (with Carlos Alcaraz) with seven finals, including runs to the title match each of the past two weeks in Astana and Stockholm.

Sitting third in the Pepperstone ATP Live Race To Turin, the 24-year-old has already secured his fourth straight trip to the Nitto ATP Finals, an event he won in his 2019 debut.

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Sixth seed Jannik Sinner also advanced on Wednesday, easing to a 6-3, 6-2 win against Cristian Garin. The Italian improved to 27-8 on hard courts this season, including quarter-final runs at the Australian Open and US Open

Seeking to better his run to the 2021 Vienna semis, Sinner will next met Francisco Cerundolo. At 15th in the Race, trailing the seventh-placed Felix Auger-Aliassime by nearly 900 points, Sinner will likely need to sweep the titles in both Vienna and Paris to have a chance of qualifying for Turin.

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