Greek fifth seed Stefanos Tsitsipas is proving as sturdy because the Parthenon at this 12 months’s Wimbledon after reaching the second week nonetheless very a lot standing after victory over Serbia’s Laslo Djere on Saturday.
A day after throwing chilly water over British hopes by out-lasting Andy Murray in a five-set cliffhanger spanning two days on Centre Court, he returned to dispatch Serbia’s Djere in additional easy vogue, profitable 6-4, 7-6(5), 6-4.
The 24-year-old’s vitality ranges regarded undiminished regardless of it being his fifth successive day on court docket, a shift that started with a first-round five-setter in opposition to former US Open champion Dominic Thiem — a match that took two days to finish.
His conflict with Murray, the place he battled the two-time Wimbledon champion and the 15,000 followers for almost 5 hours, was the longest match within the event to date.
He has spent eight hours and 46 minutes on court docket and a extra stress-free Sunday is well-earned.
After that he’ll give attention to his fourth spherical match in opposition to unseeded American Christopher Eubanks who continued his spectacular run on grass with victory over Christopher O’Connell on Saturday.
Tsitsipas pocketed the primary set when Djere faltered serving at 4-5, double-faulting on set level.
He discovered himself a break down within the second set however as soon as he repaired that harm and took the tiebreak it was comparatively easy for the elegant Greek shot-maker.
Source: sportstar.thehindu.com