Stefanos Tsitsipas wins first match on grass in 2022 in Stuttgart

Stefanos Tsitsipas played only one grass match last year and lost it with this year proving already better for him.

He took on Dominic Stricker in Stuttgart and secured a quarterfinal over the Swiss player thanks to dealing with the conditions in Stuttgart better 6-3 6-4. They were quite tricky with some wind not allowing players to serve that well. Stricker, at this point of his career, does not offer that much more than his serve so his game was quite limited. He battled hard early one being the first to get break points.

Tistsipas saved a couple to make it 3-2 and then broke his opponent making it 4-2. Rather quickly it was 5-2 with the opening set finishing 6-3. Tsitsiaps did not serve that well but whenever he hit his first serve it was a rather short rally with him as the player winning the point.

In the 2nd set Tsitsipas jumped out to an early lead once more thanks to some solid play and Stricker really having trouble with his serve. The match was stopped at 3-1 in the 2nd set due to rain but resumed about an hour laer with both players starting slow but finding form a bit later. In the end Tsitsipas was solid enough to win the 2nd set with 6-4.