Overview
- Stefanos Tsitsipas, who beat Martin Damm 6-4, 6-4 on Tuesday, advanced to face Joao Fonseca in the second round of the Montreal Masters.
- Tsitsipas said the change — a second split from his father Apostolos and new work with coaches linked to Patrick Mouratoglou’s French academy — is helping him regain concentration and court positioning.
- The match lasted 98 minutes and saw Tsitsipas recover from being a break down in the second set before closing out the win with a forehand winner.
- Other early Montreal results include Hubert Hurkacz returning from a Wimbledon knee injury to beat Marcos Giron and qualifier Jakob Fearnley upsetting veteran Adrian Mannarino to reach the next round.
- The win builds on Tsitsipas’s July Gstaad title and could translate into ranking momentum at the ATP Masters 1000 event where strong runs yield significant points and visibility.