Stockholm Open: Tsitsipas defeats Cressy 7-6, 7-6 !
Stefanos Tsitsipas won against Maxime Cressy 7-6 (5), 7-6 (12) on Wednesday evening. He’ll play the winner of the match between Swede Mikael Ymer and American Tommy Paul, the No 8 seed, in the next round
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Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas, the top seed, beat American Maxime Cressy 7-6 (5), 7-6 (12) to move into the quarter-finals of the Stockholm Open at the Kungliga Tennishallen on Wednesday evening.
Tsitsipas had to save three set points in the second tie-breaking, before winning the battle after his fifth match points.
Tsitsipas, ranked No 5, will face the winner of the match between Swede Mikael Ymer and American Tommy Paul, the trophy holder and No 8 seed, next.
Cressy, ranked No 33, edged out Belarusian Ilya Ivashka (4-6, 7-6 (5), 6-4) in the previous round of the Stockholm.
Stockholm ATP 250, other Round of 16 results (Kungliga Tennishallen, EUR 648.130, most recent results first):
- Holger Rune (7) beat Cristian Garin: 7-6 (2), 6-1
- Denis Shapovalov (4) beat Antoine Bellier (Q): 6-4, 7-5
- Cameron Norrie (2) beat Aslan Karatsev: 6-7 (8), 6-3, 6-4
- Frances Tiafoe vs. Elias Ymer : Thursday in Stockholm
- Mikael Ymer vs. Tommy Paul : Thursday in Stockholm
- Emil Ruusuvuori vs. Jiri Lehecka : Thursday in Stockholm
- Alex De Minaur vs. J.J. Wolf : Thursday in Stockholm
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