Video tennis Kolar – Tsitsipas: 4 hours of drama, decisive tie-break (2nd Round Roland Garros)

(Tennis video, Zdenek Kolar – Stefanos Tsitsipas, 2nd round Roland Garros) 4th seed Tsitsipas had to go through a pretty tough match lasting 4 sets.

Much underrated, but Kolar entered confidently when he soon had 2 chances to win a break in game 3. However, the Czech player did not take advantage of success. Right in the next game, Tsitsipas immediately took advantage of the break to lead 3-1. The Greek player then did not allow his opponent to correct the mistake to win 6-3.

Tsitsipas celebrates a hard victory that lasted more than 4 hours

In the second set, Tsitsipas lost the break in game 4 before reclaiming it in game 7. By the decisive game 12, Kolar had 2 set points but both failed to take advantage and the two players had to enter the tie-break series. Here, the bravery of the 4th seed helped Tsitsipas win 10-8.

Set 3 was even more intense, Tsitsipas and Kolar both made no mistakes in the serve games and were forced to continue into the tie-break series. This time, Kolar won 4 mini breaks compared to 2 belonging to Tsitsipas and the Czech player took advantage of his success to win a 7-3 victory.

In the fourth set, Tsitsipas broke the break in game 5, but Kolar immediately reclaimed it in the next game. After that, Tsitsipas had 2 more chances to win the break but both failed to take advantage of it and the two players once again had to decide whether to win or lose in the “gunfight” series. Here, Tsitsipas faced up to 4 set points but still saved successfully before winning 9-7.

Winning hard after more than 4 hours, Tsitsipas entered the 3rd round of Roland Garros against Mikael Ymer of Sweden, ranked 95th ATP.

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