Stefanos TsitsipasThe world number three and one of the natural contenders for the US Open title, held out for a match that would go down in history. US Open 2021After a big battle, she qualified for the second round of this year’s Grand Slam this season.
The 23-year-old Greek defeated the British Britain’s Andy Murray, the former world number one, is currently in the top 100 and a former champion of this tournament (in 2012), for 2-6, 7-6 (7), 3-6, 6-3 and 6-4, in one match Duration 4h 50 (!) -, an epic and controversial encounter, marked by the accusations of Murray, who said that the Greek was pretending and his father’s constant training attempts by Patrick Muratoglu, but above all, through the long exits of Tsitsipas from the field going to the locker rooms that became famous in the tournaments Last. In the end, Murray offered Tsitsipas one of the coldest handshakes of his career.
Tsitsipas will meet in the second round with Frenchman Adrien Mannarino, who beat compatriot Pierre-Huge Herbert in a five-set battle.
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