French Open 2023: Stefanos Tsitsipas breezes past Diego Schwartzman to make fourth round in style

Stefanos Tsitsipas breezed past Diego Schwartzman in straight sets 6-2 6-2 6-3 to make the fourth round of the French Open in style. The Greek was rarely pushed to his limit by the Argentinean, with the comfortable scoreline indicating the ease with which Tsitsipas controlled proceedings on Court Suzanne-Lenglen. Ad However, speaking after the match, Tsitsipas thought the game was far from straightforward.

Roland-GarrosSchwartzman's trickery gets him a point against Tsitsipas3 HOURS AGO «Wasn’t easy at all», he said. «I know it was three sets. So far my most difficult match in terms of concentration and having to stay in there on every single point.» «Diego did a great job fighting on every single point and not giving me any free points.» «I knew that I was dealing with that today and that was the biggest asset of his game which I had to take away.» Tsitsipas broke early to race into a 3-0 lead in the opener, breaking twice more as he put the pressure on his beleaguered opponent.

Schwartzman did break back at the set beckoned for the fifth seed, but Tsitsipas grabbed the next game and with it the set, 6-2. The unseeded Argentinean kept things level at 2-2 in the second set, but lost the next four games as Tsitsipas looked to be romping to victory. He was slowed somewhat in the third, as Schwartzman put up a creditable fight, but Tsitsipas provided a moment of brilliance unleashing a stunning backhand around the post lower than the height of the net.