Monte Carlo – World number five Stefanos Tsitsipas has successfully defended his title at the ATP tournament in Monte Carlo.
After his semi-final victory over Alexander Zverev, the 23-year-old Greek also deservedly won the final against Spaniard Alejandro Davidovich Fokina 6:3, 7:6 (7:3). After 95 minutes, Tsitsipas used his second match point and prevented his 22-year-old opponent from winning his first title on the ATP Tour.
The day before, Tsitsipas had already shown a strong performance in the 6:4, 6:2 against Zverev, who was hampered by a thigh blister. In the final, Tsitsipas initially missed the chance to win at 5:4 in the second set on his own serve, but prevailed in the tiebreak. He secured his eighth ATP title at the Masters 1000 event, which is worth around 5.2 million euros. For the world number 46 Davidovich Fokina, his first appearance in the final was already a great success.
