Monte Carlo (AP) – Stefanos Tsitsipas, fifth in the tennis world rankings, successfully defended his title at the ATP tournament in Monte Carlo.
After the semi-final victory over Alexander Zverev, the 23-year-old Greek also deservedly prevailed in the final against the Spaniard Alejandro Davidovich Fokina 6: 3, 7: 6 (7: 3). After 95 minutes, Tsitsipas used his second match point and prevented his 22-year-old opponent from winning the premiere title on the ATP tour.
The day before, Tsitsipas had already shown a strong performance in 6: 4, 6: 2 against Zverev, who was impaired by a thigh injury. In the final, Tsitsipas initially missed the chance to win in the second set with a score of 5: 4 and his own serve, but prevailed confidently in the tie-break. He secured his eighth ATP title overall at the Masters 1000 event, which is worth around 5.2 million euros. For the world number 46. For Davidovich Fokina, his first entry into the final was already a great success.