“I’m super happy!” said Galan, who was playing his very first match in the main draw of the American Major. He will face the Australian Jordan Thompson (102nd) in the next round. Tsitsipas, who seemed embarrassed with his right arm at the start of the game, confirms that the US Open is the Major that has been the least successful for him: he never passed the 3rd round in New York while he reached the final in Roland-Garros, the semi-finals in Australia and the round of 16 at Wimbledon.
The Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas, 5th in the world, was eliminated Monday in the first round of the US Open by the Colombian Daniel Galan, 94th and went through the qualifications, 6-0, 6-1, 3-6, 7-5. “I’m super happy!” said Galan, who was playing his very first match in the main draw of the American Major. He will face the Australian Jordan Thompson (102nd) in the next round. Tsitsipas, who seemed embarrassed with his right arm at the start of the game, confirms that the US Open is the Major that has been the least successful for him: he never passed the 3rd round in New York while he reached the final in Roland-Garros, the semi-finals in Australia and the round of 16 at Wimbledon.
“I felt that I was playing better and better”
“When he started to play better, I became more nervous myself. But I managed to regain my composure and, even though I lost the third set, I felt that I was playing better and better,” said the Colombian. After 53 minutes of play, and while leading 6-0, 5-0, Galan conceded his first game of the game.
But after the inescapable loss of the second set, Tsitsipas seemed able to turn the game around: he quickly took control of the third set to come back two sets to one. However, the Colombian regained the upper hand in the 4th round: Tsitsipas saved eight match points before losing on the ninth.