OUR Stefanos Tsitsipas (#5) fought in the first set and showed strength in the second to start his journey in the ATP 500 clay court tournament in Barcelona “Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell” with a win 6-4, 6-2 – in 79 minutes 55 seconds – Argentinean Pedro Katzina (No. 69) in the 2nd round (“32”), providing access to “16”.
In the 1st set, two players, breaking through full games, defended their serve to 2-2. Then Stefanos Tsitsipas (who went through the 64 phase without a fight) made the first break to take a 3-2 lead and go to 4-2 after he was able to immediately hold his serve.
The full breaks continued, with great spectacular scores from both sides (4-3, 5-3, 5-4), thus reaching the 10th game where the Greek champion served to win 6-4 after 47 minutes and 7 seconds .
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