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Stefanos Tsitsipas fires a forehand towards Pedro Cachin on Wednesday in Barcelona.
World No. 5 takes on Shapovalov subsequent
Might 2023 be the yr Stefanos Tsitsipas goes all the way in which on the Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell?
A finalist in 2018 and 2021, the second-seeded Greek made the proper begin to his 2023 marketing campaign on Wednesday on the clay-court ATP 500 by easing previous Pedro Cachin 6-4, 6-2 on Pista Rafa Nadal.
Tsitsipas didn’t face a break level and transformed all three of his personal throughout a dominant 79-minute show towards the No. 69-ranked Argentine. He was constant together with his groundstrokes off each wings and showcased some delicate touches on the web to bounce again beautifully from his Monte-Carlo quarter-final defeat to Taylor Fritz 5 days in the past.
Tsitsipas is now 13-4 in Barcelona, the place he fell to Rafael Nadal in each of his earlier championship-match appearances. The 24-year-old’s third-round opponent might be Denis Shapovalov, who earlier brushed previous qualifier Jozef Kovalik 6-4, 6-3.
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