After Rublev, Matteo Arnaldi is called to play another very difficult match on the clay of Roland Garros. The draw definitely did not help the Italian tennis player, who is playing high-level tennis and has already eliminated the number 6 seed from the main draw: now, in his path, he will find the Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas, one of the possible favorites at the final victory of the Parisian Slam.
The match between the two, scheduled for Sunday, will offer a place in the quarter-finals, with a tough battle against Carlos Alcaraz on the horizon. The Greek, in the last press conference held after the success against the Chinese Zhizhen Zhang, reported by SuperTennis, made a point of spending some beautiful words on his next opponent: “I know what I have to expect: I saw him in Barcelona, in Rome and here in Paris.
He always goes on the pitch to fight, he never gives up. This makes the difference. You see some players who are more passive, they wait more for other people’s mistakes. Not him, he enters the match straight away and I will have to do the same with extreme caution.
It will be a bit like fording a river, I will have to look for the right path” said the Athens native about the 23-year-old Ligurian.
Tsitsipas’ ambitions
The 25-year-old has found himself in recent months thanks to his triumph in the Monte-Carlo Master 1000 (the third of his career) and has once again become one of the most fearsome on earth: “I hadn’t won for a few months and in the Principality I found strength again: going out with the title it brought me back into a positive mindset.
I thought that with this result behind me I could really proceed with great confidence towards the next tournaments. As an athlete, having titles like this on your board is important when approaching a tournament like Roland Garros, which has a great history. This certainly adds confidence when starting a Major.”
