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Tennis: Dzumhur knocks out third seed Tsitsipas in first round of World Tennis tournament

Damir Dzumhur defeated third seed Stefanos Tsitsipas in three sets to reach the second round of the ATP 500 World Tennis Tournament in Rotterdam, Netherlands.After two service breaks apiece, Dzumhur broke again in the ninth game before taking the opening set 6-4. Tsitsipas seemed to have got his game back together as he took the second set 6-1 to level the match. But it was the Bosnian who applied the pressure when it mattered in the third. He had two match points against the Tsitsipas serve at 5-4, which he was unable to take. Next time, there was no let off as Dzumhur broke Tsitsipas to love to complete a 6-4, 1-6, 7-5 win in an hour and 54 minutes.

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  • Released : 14-Feb-2019

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