GREEK tennis star Stefanos Tsitsipas said that the lesson he would be taking from the French Open final would be that you’ve got to win three sets and not two sets to win a Grand Slam.
Tsitsipas, seeded at No. 5, won the opening two sets of the French Open final but then Djokovic bounced back as he won 6-7 (6) 2-6 6-3 6-2 6-4.
“What I learned today is that no matter what, in order for the match to be finished you have to win three sets and not two,” Tsitsipas said. “Two sets doesn’t really mean anything. It’s still one away of winning the entire match,” Tsitsipas said, per Tennis Majors.
Djokovic broke Tsitsipas in the fourth game of the third set and then held on to his serve the rest of the set to reduce the deficit to 2-1. After winning the third set, Djokovic started the
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