Tennis News: Greek tennis player Stefanos Tsitsipas managed to overcome tension at critical moments in the second round of the 2026 Winston-Salem Open.
The seventh seed defeated the host tennis player, Jenson Brooksby, 6-4, 7-6 in his opening match at the ATP level 250 tournament, the Winston-Salem Open.
The 28-year-old tennis player wasted three match point opportunities at 5-4 in the second set, then had to thwart one set point opportunity at 5/6 in the tiebreak before finally securing victory in 1 hour 40 minutes.
The former world number 3 made crucial saves by saving seven of the eight break point opportunities he faced.
“Mindset is important,” said Tsitsipas. “Everyone can play tennis well, everyone can hit the ball. But, when the situation becomes crucial — when you really have to step up — I feel like that mindset is the only thing that really helps.”
Thanks to this victory, Tsitsipas equalized the head to head against Brooksby at 1-1. Advancing into the third round of the Winston-Salem Open, he will face French tennis player Luca Van Assche or the host tennis player, Aleksandar Kovacevic for a ticket to the quarter-finals.
In another match, 17-year-old Cruz Hewitt recovered from a slow start to beat home player Sebastian Gorzn 1-6, 7-6, 6-4 in the first round which lasted 2 hours 10 minutes.
Thanks to this victory, Hewitt became the youngest match winner at the Winston-Salem Open since Frances Tiafoe in the 2015 season. Next, he will face fourth seed Arthur Fery in the second round.
“Sebastian played amazingly in the first set and I didn’t know exactly what I was facing,” said Hewitt, who was making his tournament debut.
“But I think I was able to handle the pressure well and came back to play a better game than in the first set.”
Meanwhile, the Indian national, Dhakshineswar Suresh knocked out the host tennis player, Marcos Giron with 6-3, 7-5, which was his first win in an ATP tournament, and advanced to the second round to face the eighth seed, Juan Manuel Cerundolo in the second round.
In other matches, Italian tennis player Lorenzo Sonego and French tennis player Benjamin Bonzi also advanced to the next round.
Sonego, who won the title in the 2024 season, beat Frenchman Pierre Hugues Herbert 7-6, 4-6, 6-3 and will meet ninth seed Adrian Mannarino in the second round, while Bonzi beat Poland’s Kamil Majchrzak 6-4, 7-6 and will face his compatriot and 12th seed Quentin Halys in the second round. second.
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