🎾 Tsitsipas vs O’Connell – ATP Toronto R2 Preview
🧠 Form & Context
- Stefanos Tsitsipas
🎭 Struggling for form: Recent early exits, split with Ivanišević.
🤕 Retired at Wimbledon, raising fitness concerns.
🏆 Strong history in Toronto: Finalist in 2018, SF in 2021.
🔢 Ranked No. 30 but capable of much more. - Christopher O’Connell
🔥 Ended 5-match losing streak with R1 win over Tseng.
📉 15–21 in 2025, only one back-to-back main-draw win.
🛡️ Tough competitor, 0–9 vs top-50 this year.
📍 Toronto debut, swinging freely.
🔍 Match Breakdown
Tsitsipas will aim to serve big and hit through O’Connell with forehand-heavy combinations. If he takes control of the rallies early, O’Connell may struggle to keep pace. But if the Aussie can drag points long and apply pressure on Tsitsipas’s backhand, it could open the door for momentum swings.
Still, Tsitsipas’s past success in Toronto and overall firepower should be enough—if he can stay composed and physically solid throughout.
🔮 Prediction
Prediction: Tsitsipas in 3 sets (e.g. 3–6, 6–2, 6–3)
