Then won the first round of the Monte Carlo Masters 1000a contest where He has been champion twice (2021 and 2022), after defeating Laslo Djere relatively easily (6-3, 3-2 and Serbian withdrawal), Stefanos Tsitsipas pass the table Tennis Channel and shared some of the tricks which, according to him, They make him a more dangerous player when the clay season comes.
“Here (on Monte Carlo clay) the bounce of the ball can benefit me, the way I can open up the court. I have the shots to play well on clay, I know how to slow the ball down, how to use these weapons in important moments. For these reasons clay court tournaments tend to be my favorite, I also really enjoy playing on hard court, but there everything happens faster. The topspin I use on my shots has always helped me do things better on this surface“, commented the Athenian, who in the next round will face the winner of the duel between the Chilean Nicolás Jarry and the Argentine Tomás Etcheverry.
Tsitsipas, 25 years old and No. 12 in the world ranking, is on his record with a final at Roland Garroswho lost in 2021 to Novak Djokovic, the two aforementioned Monte Carlo titles and the Madrid finals (2019) and Rome (2022) as the best known result on clay.
Source: La Verdad
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