The Greek, runner-up in Paris in 2021, suffered an early break in his second service recreation and located himself 5-Three down towards Vesely, ranked 455th resulting from a protracted harm absence.
However he broke the 29-year-old, enjoying in his first tour-level match since final yr’s U.S. Open after struggling for greater than a yr with a hamstring harm, twice in a row to clinch the following 4 video games and shut out the primary set.
Tsitsipas had initially struggled with the tall left-hander’s awkward spin however was now stretching his opponent with deep cross-court forehands, bagging the second set with one other break.
The world quantity 5, chasing his Grand Slam title, thought he had hit his stride, comfortably holding serve within the third however Vesely, who has performed in solely two Challengers since returning final month, doggedly refused to budge.
He snatched the third set on his first alternative with pissed off Tsitsipas sinking a simple forehand into the web on set level earlier than the pair traded early breaks within the fourth.
There have been no indicators of rustiness for Vesely and the Czech stored up the strain to earn 4 set factors within the tiebreak.
He couldn’t convert them, nevertheless, permitting Tsitsipas to clinch victory on his first match level with one other crosscourt forehand winner.
