Valentin Vacherot (Monaco) beat Stefanos Tsitsipas (Greece) in the round of 16 of the ATP 500 tournament in Tokyo, 4-6, 7-6, 6-4, to reach the quarterfinals. Vacherot is seeded eighth at the tournament and is No. 18 in the rankings (2250 points). Tsitsipas competed without a seeding, and is No. 43 (1180 points). Match information is taken from api.tennis, with ranking positions listed according to rank.tennis.
Tsitsipas took the opening set, 6-4. In the second, neither player was able to break away, and it came down to a tiebreak, which Vacherot claimed. The third and deciding set ended 6-4 in favor of the Monegasque. In the end, it was 2-1 in sets.
Draw route and head-to-head
In Tokyo, Vacherot is playing a tiebreak-heavy tournament. In the round of 32, he beat Alexander Blockx 7-6, 7-6. Including the second set against Tsitsipas, that is already three sets he has won in tiebreaks over two matches. Before the Japanese tournament, he had two straight losses: in the round of 16 in Chengdu to Lloyd Harris (4-6, 6-7) and in the third round of the US Open to Frances Tiafoe (4-6, 2-6, 4-6).