World No 6 Stefanos Tsitsipas in his first appearance at ATP Finals, scored a win (his first) against Russian Daniil Medvedev, who is No 4. The Greek player prevailed 2-0 sets 97-5, 6-4).
”I watched this event when it was first held in London. I used to watch it on TV and dream of potentially playing it. It’s such an important event and pure joy to play here," Tsitsipas said after the match.
"It’s been a long way to come here, so I’m really grateful for the people who really believed in me. It means a lot”, he added.
Tsitsipas improved to 1-5 against Medvedev in their FedEx ATP Head2Head rivalry.
”It’s one of the most important victories in my career so far. I gave myself a big boost today, kept believing, kept fighting. It’s such a relief,” Tsitsipas said.
“It’s not easy coming in knowing you’ve lost five times before, but I made a deal with myself that I’ll keep trying until I get it. It doesn’t matter if it’s 10, 20 times.
”This victory means a lot to me and this crowd means a lot to me. So much love, so much support, Greek flags everywhere. It almost feels like I’m playing in Athens.”
The Greek player plays next, Germany’s Alexander Zverev (No 7), who in today’s other match, beat Rafael Nadal (No 1) 2-0 sets.
