Qualification with direct recruitment has been secured Stefanos Tsitsipas in his first match at the Cincinnati Masters. Easily beating Serb (No. 46) Filip Krajnovic with a score of 6-3, 6-4, he advanced to the 3rd round. Although his name fell out of the top five of the world rankings two days ago (to 7th place), “Zitsifast” was not afraid and did the right thing in his debut in Ohio. It took him 69 minutes of competition to reach the round of 16 where he will face No. 13 Diego Schwartzman.

His “weapon” was again the pitch, while he made only four errors in the entire game. The match ended with 14 aces, 28 winners. In total, he scored 41/49 points for the serve.

It was his 43rd win of the season and his first Tour win since June 30, when he defeated Jordan Thompson in the second round of Wimbledon. Since then, he has had two consecutive losses to Kyrgios (Wimbledon) and Draper (Montreal Masters).