Paris: Greek's rising tennis star Stefanos Tsitsipas on Sunday reached the second round of the French Open with a comfortable win over Germany's Maximilian Marterer on Court Philippe Chatrier.
Sixth-seeded Stefanos', who was a semi-finalist in Australian open earlier this year, defeated world number 110 Marterer in straight sets 6-2, 6-2, 7-6(4).
Paris: Greek's rising tennis star Stefanos Tsitsipas on Sunday reached the second round of the French Open with a comfortable win over Germany's Maximilian Marterer on Court Philippe Chatrier.
Sixth-seeded Stefanos', who was a semi-finalist in Australian open earlier this year, defeated world number 110 Marterer in straight sets 6-2, 6-2, 7-6(4).
Paris: Greek's rising tennis star Stefanos Tsitsipas on Sunday reached the second round of the French Open with a comfortable win over Germany's Maximilian Marterer on Court Philippe Chatrier.
Sixth-seeded Stefanos', who was a semi-finalist in Australian open earlier this year, defeated world number 110 Marterer in straight sets 6-2, 6-2, 7-6(4).
After his win over German, Tsitsipas, who was playing on the Roland Garros shows court for the first time, said, "It was a difficult first match... In the tie-break I managed to play like I did in the first two sets."
"These are the moments we're practicing for and dreaming of, I'm really happy to play here."
The Greek star will next face either Indian Prajnesh Gunneswaran or Bolivia's Hugo Dellien as he looks to reach the third round for the first time.
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