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French Open 2023: Stefanos Tsitsipas got 'wake-up call' in nervy first-round win over Jiri Vesely, says Mats Wilander

Stefanos Tsitsipas got a «wake-up call» in his nervy first-round French Open win over Jiri Vesely, reckoned Eurosport pundit Mats Wilander. The Greek fifth seed looked to be cruising into the second round at two sets up over his unseeded Czech opponent, but lost the third set and was then taken to a tie-break in the fourth, edging it 9-7 to belatedly take his place in the second round. Ad And Tsitsipas, who will next face Roberto Carballes Baena after the Spaniard beat Emilio Nava, was advised by Wilander that he must be clinical in finishing matches if he wants to go far in the tournament.

Roland-Garros'No chance' – Tsitsipas was confident he wasn't going to a fifth set in win2 HOURS AGO «I think it's a wake-up call for Stefanos,» Wilander said on Eurosport, in conversation with Alize Lim. "'Hey, I need to be ready to finish matches, don't allow this to happen again'. We did not [expect such a tight match].

«Being up two sets to love and then not closing it out in three sets, and then just in four sets — is that good for your confidence or not? French Open shock as Sakkari knocked out in straight-sets loss to unseeded Muchova 'It's a joke!' — Evans hurls bottle and racquet after rant, gets code violation »He's through, now he gets a day — maybe even two days — off, so in a way it's a perfect start. «You know what I really like — you can hear that the crowd really enjoys watching Stefanos when he plays. He moves so well, he plays so aggressive.

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