"Stefanos is going to be a great ‘big-match’ player just like Rafa Nadal" declares Mats Wilander

Stefanos Tsitsipas delivered his best performance against Jannik Sinner to take down the Italian in straight sets.

Many were surprised by the result including Eurosport tennis analyst Mats Wilander who expected a much closer match. Analyzing the match in-depth, Wilander said:

“I think it’s the best Stefanos has played so far in this tournament. His tactics today were very clear from the beginning and his ball striking was perfect. Even though he faced a tricky situation when the roof was closed, he showed a lot of experience. I thought it was going to be a really close match, in fact, I was thinking Sinner had a really good chance and [in the end] he had no chance in my eyes.”

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Wilander sees some similarities with Nadal as he sees the Greek always rising up to the challenge in big moments. He explained:

Stefanos is going to be a great ‘big-match’ player, he’s always going to show up, just like Rafa Nadal.

“Stefanos is going to be a great ‘big-match’ player, he’s always going to show up, just like Rafa Nadal. Yes, there will be match when Rafa hasn’t played well but he’s still a great ‘big-match’ player. So I think for Tsitsipas it’s the same. Some days he’s going to play bad and lose, but he’s going to be there and he’s going to try all of these different things."

He finished off with:

“On all four surfaces, he’s going to find different ways of changing things around. It’s not easy, you have to beat him off the court because he’s not going to roll out on his own.”