US Open 2023Stefanos Tsitsipas sees off Milos Raonic in straight sets to enter second round

Stefanos Tsitsipas, the previous Nitto ATP Finals champ, got a substantial triumph on the area where he had actually suffered a disastrous loss in 2015.

Tsitsipas was beat by the then-94th on the world rankings, Colombian Daniel Elahi Galan, throughout the opening match of the United States Open 12 months back. Galan amazed the viewers by winning the very first 11 matches, going on to declare success in 4 sets after providing 41 winners.

In an excellent turn of occasions, Tsitsipas on Monday (August 28) made his victorious go back to Louis Armstrong arena for his very first match of this year’s United States Open versus powerful Canadian gamer, Milos Raonic. Raonic formerly led their ATP Head-to-Head series 2-0 and had actually carried out exceptionally in Wimbledon, releasing 49 aces in 2 matches.

This historical angst did not discourage Tsitsipas from providing an excellent video game, directed for the night by coach Mark Philippoussis. This win was much-needed for Tsitsipas to recuperate his self-confidence from winning simply one match in Toronto and Cincinnati considering that recording his very first title of the year previously this month in Los Cabos.

Tsitsipas controlled the video game with ease, dropping just 5 video games in the very first 2 sets and after that reacted to Raonic’s 4-2 lead in the 3rd with succeeding breaks, ending with a win of 6-2, 6-3, 6-4.

Tsitsipas revealed his enjoyment post-match, specifying, “” It was enjoyable to play high quality tennis versus a champ like Milos. I needed to bring my A video game from the really first point. I made it physical and it worked.” ” He will now deal with the winner of the match in between Dominic Stricker and Alexei Popyrin.