Top seed Stefanos Tsitsipas won his first singles title of the year with a 7-5 7-6 (5) victory over Kazakhstan’s Mikhail Kukushkin at the Marseille Open on Sunday.
The 20-year-old Greek tennis player beat the 31-year-old Kukushkin in a little under two hours, with 14 aces and winning 86 percent of his first-serve points.
The win in the ATP 250 final brought Tsitsipas the second major title in his career after he won the Stockholm Open in October last year.
With this victory, the Greek tennis wonder now is at No. 11 in the world rankings which will be announced on Monday by ATP and he is close to the Top 10.
TOUR TITLE NUMBER TWO FOR STEF ✌️@StefTsitsipas claims the @Open13 in Marseille, defeating Kukushkin 7-5 7-6(5) 🇬🇷🏆 pic.twitter.com/4OVd0RUc10
— Tennis TV (@TennisTV) February 24, 2019
1995: Boris Becker
1996: Guy Forget
2003: Roger Federer
2008: Andy Murray
2012: Juan Martin del Potro@StefTsitsipas is now in some special company as winner of the @Open13 in Marseille! 🏆 pic.twitter.com/vFrOGG55nF— Tennis TV (@TennisTV) February 24, 2019
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