Jordan Thompson says his thrilling second-round upset of second seed Stefanos Tsitsipas at Indian Wells has offered one other increase in confidence after a sluggish begin to the yr.
The 87th-ranked Thompson beat the world No.3 7-6 (7-0) 4-6 7-6 (7-5) for his second profession win over a top-10 participant and a primary in opposition to the Greek in three conferences.
Thompson struggled out of the gate when he fell within the first spherical of January’s Australian Open and suffered early exits in Dallas and Delray in February.
To reset he entered an ATP Challenger occasion in Georgia that he received with out dropping a set.
He rode that momentum into Indian Wells, the place he backed up a straight-sets first-round win over Frenchman Gael Monfils by toppling Tsitsipas.
“A little bit of a slow start to the year,” Thompson informed reporters.
“(I) won a Challenger a couple of weeks ago and it was good to get those matches under my belt. I came here and got a tricky draw but have come through it.
“Playing a whole lot of matches helped. I simply felt snug on the match courtroom and bought match match.”
Thompson held his nerve in the tight third set and embraced the moment when Tsitsipas waved his arms up and down to rally his supporters ahead of the deciding tiebreaker on centre court.
“I really began laughing when he was doing that,” he stated.
“Not that it was humorous that he was doing it however as a result of I need to be in these positions. I’m having fun with the battle.”
Next up for the 28-year-old from Sydney is a third-round conflict in opposition to Chilean qualifier Alejandro Tabilo.
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
