{"id":53806,"date":"2023-01-02T09:23:30","date_gmt":"2023-01-02T14:23:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/?p=53806"},"modified":"2023-01-02T09:23:30","modified_gmt":"2023-01-02T14:23:30","slug":"two-keys-stefanos-tsitsipas-goffin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2023\/01\/02\/two-keys-stefanos-tsitsipas-goffin\/","title":{"rendered":"Two keys to Stefanos Tsitsipas&#8217; win over David Goffin at the United Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Stefanos Tsitsipas beat David Goffin of Belgium 6-3 6-2 to draw his team level at 1-1 at the United Cup in Perth on Monday. <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2022\/12\/03\/stefanos-tsitsipas-delusions-of-grandeur\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">The 24-year-old Greek<\/a> took less than two hours to race to a well-deserved victory.<br \/>\nWe will now take a look at two keys to the match:<\/p>\n<h4>#1. Tsitsipas&#8217; one-two combination was too hot for Goffin to handle:<\/h4>\n<p>Throughout the match, Tsitsipas kept winning points with his potent one-two combination of a powerful serve and a formidable forehand. Goffin often landed his returns short and that allowed Tsitsipas to dispatch the ball for an outright winner with his forehand.<\/p>\n<p>The Greek also won a lot of points with his inside-out forehand as Goffin&#8217;s feeble returns allowed him to run around his backhand frequently and hit winners past the Belgian.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, Tsitsipas also played the angles well, as his crosscourt backhand made Goffin stretch out to his left on a number of occasions.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"ON_e29UCTuBEUtIA9o-JSw\" class=\"gie-single\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1453744359\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color:#a7a7a7;text-decoration:none;font-weight:normal !important;border:none;display:inline-block;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'ON_e29UCTuBEUtIA9o-JSw',sig:'9gGtAY4769CMbnXDNcCUhXfI6Op-LT-9OfzIIVkHv00=',w:'396px',h:'594px',items:'1453744359',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n<h4>#2. Goffin&#8217;s serve was not powerful enough to test the Greek:<\/h4>\n<p>If Tsitsipas was assertive with his serve and forehand, it was Goffin who made the Greek&#8217;s job easier by serving meekly at times. The Belgian&#8217;s serve was not powerful enough often and Tsitsipas made full use of it.<\/p>\n<p>Tsitsipas broke Goffin once in the first set and then got two more breaks in the second to register an easy win in the end.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2022\/03\/25\/what-has-happened-to-david-goffin\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Goffin<\/a>, meanwhile, could not break the Greek even once during the match and was never really in contention to win the battle. The 32-year-old Belgian hit a few powerful returns, but they were too few and far between.<\/p>\n<p><em>Main Photo from Getty.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stefanos Tsitsipas beat David Goffin of Belgium 6-3 6-2 to draw his team level at 1-1 at the United Cup in Perth on Monday. The 24-year-old Greek took less than two hours to race to a well-deserved victory. We will now take a look at two keys to the match: #1. 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