ATP Lyon Open 2021: Stefanos Tsitsipas vs Tommy Paul–Preview, Head to Head and Prediction
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Stefanos Tsitsipas and Tommy Paul
Stefanos Tsitsipas will take on Tommy Paul in the Second-round of the Lyon Open 2021. Tsitsipas is currently the World No.6 on the ATP rankings and Paul is the World No.53.
Match Details :
| Tournament | ATP Lyon Open 2021 |
| Match | Stefanos Tsitsipas vs Tommy Paul |
| Round | Second Round |
| Date | 20th May, 2021 |
| Prize Money | €9,000 |
| Venue | Lyon, France |
| Surface | Clay Court |
Stefanos Tsitsipas vs Tommy Paul: Match Preview
Stefanos Tsitsipas started the clay court leg of the season in exemplary manner by winning the Monte Carlo Masters. In the finals of the event he beat Andrey Rublev in straight sets, 6-3 6-3. He did well in the Barcelona Open as well, getting to the Finals, but lost to Rafael Nadal in the Finals. In Madrid he made it to the round of sixteen, and in the Italian Open got beaten by Novak Djokovic in the Quarter-finals.
Winning and losing is a weekly affair for a tennis player, but the match he won against Rafael Nadal in the Quarter Finals of the Australian Open seems to have ignited something within him. The come from behind five set win has given the twenty-two year old the confidence that he lacked in big matches. Tsitsipas had a bye in the first round, in the second he will face American Tommy Paul.
Paul is playing in his fifth clay court tournament of the season. His best result has been reaching the second round of both the Monte Carlo masters and the Madrid Open. In the first round he beat veteran Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in straight sets, 6-3 6-3.
Stefanos Tsitsipas vs Tommy Paul: Head-to-Head
These two players have met only once on the tour before, in 2019 in Washington. Tsitsipas won that contest in straight sets 6-3, 7-5, hence leads the head-to-head 1-0.
Stefanos Tsitsipas vs Tommy Paul: Prediction
Tsitsipas has won six ATP Titles, out of which two wins are on clay. He also has a Semi-final appearance at the French Open (2020), and his game is well suited for the surface. Tommy Paul is a powerful player with a gun serve and great footwork. But consistency has been his bane. Expect Tsitsipas to win this match.
Match Prediction: Stefanos Tsitsipas will beat Tommy Paul in straight sets.
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