Tsitsipas won through 6-1, 6-3 with him breaking serve four times throughout the tie and saving all three break points he faced. He was pleased with his performance in the aftermath.

"I think the fact that I kept my serve very aggressive and I remained aggressive with my groundstrokes helped a lot; I'm very pleased that I was able to maintain my game throughout the entire match, same intensity," Tsitsipas told ESPN after his victory. "It was an excellent first set... it was great."

There was a game at 2-2 in the second set which saw Tsitsipas on the back foot 0/40; but he recovered to win it: "I couldn't remember. I kind of erased it from my mind," he said of the service game. "That was a crucial game, being able to come back there and maintain the focus that I needed to be back in the match and not be a break down, that was a very good effort from me. It was my fighting spirit that turned on and my service points there were incredible."