Giant beats Tsitsipas at Roland Garros: now there is Shelton

Although it is no longer the Stefanos Tsitsipas who conquered the Slam finals and made hope for great things in his career, the victory obtained by Matteo Giant against Greek is a company. A masterpiece. As it came, as she played, for how she fought. The blue, 23 years old, who had never won a game in a Slam before this Roland Garros, is now in the third round, and the Roman has no intention of stopping.

eight break balls

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Gigante beat the former number three of the world and finalist in Paris in 2021 in four sets (6-5 5-7 6-4), and if there are the demerits of the Greek, it can be safely said that they have been amplified by the attitude and talent put in place, by the left-handed Italian, number 167 in the world and coming from the qualifications. The fourth set is emblematic of Matteo’s desire to win: eight saved break balls, the very heavy ones in the last two rounds, when Tsitsipas has had the opportunity to equalize the accounts and still have opportunities to lengthen the game, but giant did not allow it to it. For the Roman is undoubtedly the most important victory of the career, the first against a top 20 arrived thanks to an extraordinary performance. Matteo has always played aggressive, always proactive, was supported by an excellent performance at the service (more than 80% of points won with the first on the field) and took advantage of the usual, incredible, multiple errors of Tsitsipas who closed the meeting with 49 unforced. Unfortunately, there is little to say about the Greek: there has been some shy signs of recovery, a few weeks ago, but now it seems to be back in the abyss, but this does not take this to what Matteo did. In the first giant set he kept a blow to the ninth game, when he managed to snatch the service from the Greek, which earned him the set. The reaction of the Greek came immediate, which won the second set, and then to undergo the extraordinary vitality of the blue, immediately good at reset and start again, with an opening break that allowed giant to dominate the partial, closed in just 33 minutes. The fourth is a majestic set, by the Roman, with a break in the third game and an incredible defense in its jokes, with an eighth game that lasted more than 10 minutes and with three break balls canceled by Matteo. Which in the end brings the ship to the port, and makes the third round of him.

Work

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“I feel very well. It has been a struggle, he is a fantastic player – Giant said at the end of the match – I am very happy. This result is the result of the work I have done in recent months together with my team. He has been crazy, I have been in Paris for two weeks, I hope to stay here for a while”. In the next round the challenge against Ben Shelton. With this victory Matteo has already reached the new best ranking (n.129 of the virtual world), while Tsitsipas will slide over 20 in the world.