The 118th in the world, Thiago Monteiro achieved one of his greatest victories by defeating the Monte-Carlo champion, Stefanos Tsitsipas, by double 6-4 in the second round of the Madrid Masters 1000.
The Greek had a break option in the last game of the match, but the Brazilian knew how to resist and maintain the advantage to advance to the third round of the Spanish tournament.
Monteiro had won his last two matches against a top 10, against the Norwegian Holger Rune and the Spanish Carlos Alcaraz, this one due to retirement. With that background, ‘Arantxa Sánchez Vicario’ jumped onto the field ready to give the favorite a scare again. Tsitsipas offered some samples of his academic tennis drop by drop, but never jeopardized the South American’s advantage.
His next rival will be the winner between Jiri Lehecka and Hamad Medjedovic, so his options open up in the Caja Mágica.
At the same time, Sebastian Korda beat Max Purcell 6-3, 6-3.
