The Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas left the audience speechless and was eliminated in the first round of the US Open, and the Colombian Daniel Elahi Galán was better than him with 3-1 in sets.
After almost three hours spent on the court, Galan, only the 94th tennis player on the ATP list, achieved his biggest victory ever, with 3:1 – 6:0, 6:1, 3:6, 7:5.
What is a consolation for Tsitsipas is that he does not lose too many points, because at the last US Open he only reached the third round, when he was eliminated by Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz.
The Greek had physical problems during the match, but that cannot be an excuse for such a defeat. In the first two sets, it was as if he was not on the field, Stefanos made only one game in both sets, while in the third he managed to look like himself.
He took the Greek match into the fourth set, but that was his maximum, in the last set Danijel was better and deservedly celebrated the biggest victory ever.