PARIS: The Greek Tennis player Stefanos Tsitsipas engineered his third comeback from two sets down to edge past his Italian opponent Lorenzo Musetti in the first round of the ongoing French Open on Tuesday.
The fourth-seeded Greek started well but had to dig deep in the end for a 5-7, 4-6, 6-2, 6-3, 6-2 victory over Musetti.
The finalist of the recently concluded Italian Open produced another exceptional comeback in the opening round of the French Open. The Greek has previously made two exceptional comebacks against Jaume Munar in September 2020 and against the Spaniard Rafael Nadal at the 2021 Australian Open.
For the second time at the French Open, Musetti, 20, had a tournament favourite on the verge of elimination. In the fourth round of the 2021 tournament, he won two tie-breaks to take control of the match against then-champion Novak Djokovic, but he lost the momentum late in the match.
Musetti, on this occasion, gave Tsitsipas more scare by recovering from an early break in the fourth set, but he never got close to a knockout punch.
With this victory, Tsitsipas advances to face Czech qualifier Zdenek Kolar, who defeated France’s Lucas Pouille 6-3, 4-6, 7-5, 6-4 earlier on Tuesday.
