After his victory against Dominic Thiem in the first round of the ATP 500 in Vienna, 7–6(5), 6–4, in 2h01 of play, Stefanos Tsitsipas spoke of the hostile atmosphere with an Austrian public inevitably committed to the cause of his champion.
“The truth is that I wasn’t surprised, I expected an atmosphere like this. I think this is something that would also happen to me if I played a tournament in my country, it’s completely understandable. Actually, at the start of the match I felt that I was playing at a very high level, I felt very good on the court, I had this feeling until the tie-break of the first set, where you always need that extra confidence to be sure of what you’re doing. I managed to stay very competitive in this tiebreaker, which gave me the confidence I was looking for for the rest of the match.”declared the 7th in the world in comments reported by Break Point.
In the round of 16, the Greek will face Tomas Machac (74th).
Published on Wednesday October 25, 2023 at 10:13
2023-10-25 08:13:00
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