ATP250 Stockholm Open Final (Q) E Gulbis (LAT) vs (2) S Tsitsipas (GRE): The Latvian Lord vs The Young Greek God

The Lord vs God

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stringertom

stringertom

Bionic Poster
Statistical oddity...through 3-3 in the second set only, both players are 6/6 1st serve points and 6/8 2nd serve points.
 
stringertom

stringertom

Bionic Poster
Tsits sitting one game away from dat title! This is exactly where The Lord faltered in the first set.

Just hold your damn serve. Ernests!
 
stringertom

stringertom

Bionic Poster
Again, but this time for the match and title, The Young Greek God is too much for Ernests to stay up with. 6-4 6-4 with a closing break at love.

Congrats to first time titleist Stefanos!

Many many more to come, I'm sure.
 
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Hamnavoe

Hall of Fame
First title for Tsitsipas! Excellent tournament from the young Greek, who rises to 13th in the race as things stand (though if Edmund can defeat Monfils in Antwerp, Stefanos will remain in 14th).

Gulbis is up to 96th in the race after this week, and will likely earn direct entry into the Australian Open main draw as a result.
 
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Vamos Rafa Nadal

Guest
Congrats to Tsitsipas on his two set win! :) I thought it would be a closer match. Happy for his first ever title win! :)
 
Raindogs

Raindogs

Hall of Fame
Man in glasses looks like he craps $100 bills.
I see now that he's the Royal Highness, so it kind of makes sense.
 
Meles

Meles

Bionic Poster
LOL. ATP lists Gulbis at 6' 4" (193 cm). Tsitsispas is listed the same despite appearing to be 2 inches taller on podium. Tsits minimum 6' 5".o_O
 
BeatlesFan

BeatlesFan

Bionic Poster
Meles said:
Parroted Gublis and kept thanking everyone. yada yada yada nothing of interest. Didn't even talk about team.
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It was pretty bad, but he’s never made a victory speech in a tournament above s Challenger. Let’s cut him some slack. ;)
 
Enceladus

Enceladus

Legend
Klizan and Gulbis had a 100% success in finals in ATP tournaments, both bad boys lost 100% success in finals ATP tournaments in range one month - Klizan on September 23 in St. Petersburg, Gulbis on October 21 in Stockholm.
 
Ann

Ann

Hall of Fame
Tsitsipas played consistent, clean tennis (needs to work on his first serve) the entire tournament. I felt oddly confident after the quarterfinal that he'd take it all. I did have a moment of doubt at match point with his manic pacing that the excitement/pressure of the first title was going to cause him to choke but an unfortunate UE by Gublis gave the last point to Stefanos.

I'm telling ya this kid is good! and he's basically my one great hope with the nextgens.

but yeah this wasn't the most exciting of matches.
 
BeatlesFan

BeatlesFan

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Ann said:
I'm telling ya this kid is good! and he's basically my one great hope with the nextgens..
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I like Tsitsipas too and love his easy power off the nice one handed BH. But his court positioning is too defensive and he stands too far back in the court. I hope he learns to hug the baseline like Andre and Roger. Nice understated celebration for his first tournament victory!
 
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Walle

Rookie
Congrats to Tsitsipas, he deserved his first title after the season he's having.

Disappointed as a Gulbis fan that he got broken twice at the same stage and about his lacklustre return game today. I think the 2nd set he was starting to feel tired. Still a great week for him after those tough, tough times.

At least Ernie outclassed Tsitsipas in terms of speeches. He gave a nice one. Short but hit all the right notes. :D
 
Ann

Ann

Hall of Fame
BeatlesFan said:
I like Tsitsipas too and love his easy power off the nice one handed BH. But his court positioning is too defensive and he stands too far back in the court. I hope he learns to hug the baseline like Andre and Roger. Nice understated celebration for his first tournament victory!
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Agreed on all accounts. His shots make up for some of his inexperience but at 20 he has many years to learn.

And how I love a 1HBH
 
Mainad

Mainad

Bionic Poster
Congrats to Stefanos on becoming the 1st Greek player ever to win a tour level title and 1 of no less than 13 maiden ATP titlists this season and 1 of 2 this week along with Kyle Edmund. What a season he's been having with maiden appearances in a Masters 1000 event (Toronto, l.to Nadal), an ATP500 event (Barcelona, l.to Nadal) and now a maiden title in Stockholm! :)
 
davced1

davced1

Hall of Fame
Raindogs said:
Man in glasses looks like he craps $100 bills.
I see now that he's the Royal Highness, so it kind of makes sense.
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That's prince Daniel. He is actually a man of the people who happened to marry a princess so he is not entitled to become king. He ran a gym business before he became prince and is very well liked here in Sweden.
 
Mainad

Mainad

Bionic Poster
BeatlesFan said:
No worries, Ernie will crack down on anyone using liquor, drugs or engaging in illicit sex.
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He will be especially tough on anyone caught impersonating a police officer.
 
Tennease

Tennease

Legend
I can see why Gulbis keeps changing his forehand. His forehand is funny. That last shot of the match... his racquet face is closed too much, looked like he brush the top of the ball and the ball hit the net. He should learn to hit eastern forehand.
 
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