Stefanos Tsitsipas, 5th in the world, overcame Scottish battler Andy Murray (40th) in two days, five sets and three tie-breaks, Friday in the second round of Wimbledon where he won 7-6 (7/3) , 6-7 (2/7), 4-6, 7-6 (7/3), 6-4. The 24-year-old Greek will face Serbian Laslo Djere (60th) for a place in the round of 16. Tsitsipas was a finalist at the Australian Open (2023) and Roland-Garros (2021), but has never passed the round of 16 at Wimbledon (reached in 2018 for his second participation), nor the third round at the US Open.
The game against Murray started on Thursday. Obviously supported by the Center Court crowd, the Scottish double winner of the grass-court Major (2013, 2016) had just won the third set and took the advantage two sets to one when the 11 p.m. curfew intervened. On the restart, however, and still in an almost hostile atmosphere, Tsitsipas managed to snatch a fifth round. In this decisive round, he managed the break to break away 2-1 and was no longer caught. Murray saved two match points, but the Greek won on the third after 4:40 of arm wrestling.
