Tsitsipas tops Medjedovic in Gstaad opener

pIn a battle of former a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/next-gen-atp-finals/7696/overview'Next Gen ATP Finals presented by PIF/a champions, a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/stefanos-tsitsipas/te51/overview'Stefanos Tsitsipas/a beat a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/hamad-medjedovic/m0jf/overview'Hamad Medjedovic/a 7-6(6), 6-3 on Wednesday to earn a debut win at the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/gstaad/314/overview'EFG Swiss Open Gstaad/a./p

pThe top-seeded Greek saved four set points in the first set mdash; three from 0/40 at 4-5 and another at 5/6 in the tie-break mdash; but managed to snatch the opener before claiming the second set behind the lone break of the match./p

p"Hamad played great today," Tsitsipas said of the 2023 Jeddah champion. "From the start of the match it was difficult for me to figure it out. He put out a great effort to put me in trouble."/p

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pTsitsipas saved all five break points against him, according to Infosys ATP Stats, and raised his level as the match wore on to improve to 22-1 in opening rounds on clay since the start of 2021./p

p"The tie-break was a great comeback from my side. I fought so hard and was very effective towards the end," said the Greek, mentioning his serve and forehand as two key shots in the victory./p

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pAfter beating Medjedovic in the pair's first Lexus ATP Head2Head meeting, Tsitsipas will next meet seventh seed a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/fabio-fognini/f510/overview'Fabio Fognini/a. The Italian reached his 76th tour-level quarter-final and his 51st on clay with a 3-6, 7-6(5), 7-5 win against qualifier a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/juan-pablo-varillas/v836/overview'Juan Pablo Varillas/a earlier on Wednesday./p

pFourth seed a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/tomas-martin-etcheverry/ea24/overview'Tomas Martin Etcheverry/a also advanced on centre court with a 6-2, 2-6, 6-3 win against a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/botic-van-de-zandschulp/v812/overview'Botic van de Zandschulp/a, improving to 9-1 in opening rounds on clay this season./p