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Stefanos Tsitsipas lost to Fabian Marozsan when their match resumed on Wednesday (Image: Tennis TV)<\/p>\n
Stefanos Tsitsipas<\/a> was dumped out in the first round of the Munich Open after the match was suspended for darkness<\/a> on Tuesday night, much to his displeasure. The 27-year-old and his opponent, Fabian Marozsan, returned to the court on Wednesday afternoon, and the Hungarian broke in the final game to claim a 3-6 7-6(5) 6-4 victory, just 25 minutes after play resumed.<\/p>\n The former world No. 3 had a match point on Marozsan\u2019s serve at 6-5 in the second set yesterday evening, but failed to take it, and then lost the set in a tiebreak. It was all square at 2-2 in the decider when the umpire officially suspended play, with daylight fading. Tsitsipas had asked for the match to be stopped due to darkness at the end of the second set.<\/p>\n The Greek star was spotted in conversation with the supervisor and with chair umpire Renaud Lichtenstein, who then approached Mazosan. \u201cJust wondering whether this is perhaps about the light, because it\u2019s 6.50pm local time and there\u2019s been a lot of cloud cover, a lot of dark cloud cover as well,\u201d commentator Pete Odgers said at the time.<\/p>\n Lucie Ahl replied: \u201cIt\u2019s whether they\u2019re going to start it, I think. I think they\u2019re going to. They\u2019re basically telling the players, probably, what time they can go on until, and it seems maybe as if Tsitsipas\u2026 He doesn\u2019t want to play on, I don\u2019t think.\u201d<\/p>\n Lichtenstein continued explaining the situation to Tsitsipas and Marozsan. \u201cThey want us to continue now,\u201d he said. \u201cLet\u2019s continue, and we will have to play an even number of games, and then we stop, okay?\u201d Tsitsipas didn\u2019t look best pleased, and said: \u201cI prefer to play in light.\u201d But they decided to start the third and final set.<\/p>\n And when the umpire finally halted play after four games, after Tsitsipas had saved a break point, the Greek star wasn\u2019t happy. \u201cNow he wants to play,\u201d Odgers laughed. The umpire explained: \u201cI told you, we cannot stop in the middle of the game. You both served an equal amount of games, so we stop.\u201d<\/p>\n Stefanos Tsitsipas initially wanted to stop the match after the second set on Tuesday (Image: Tennis TV)<\/p>\n Both men continued holding serve, and Tsitsipas, now ranked down at No. 67 in the world, had to serve to stay in it at 4-5. He was back under pressure and received a time violation while 15-30 down. Tsitsipas then had to save two match points, looking frustrated as he struggled to get out of the game.<\/p>\n And it was third time lucky for Marozsan, as Tsitsipas couldn\u2019t get the ball back into play and sent it flying into the air to hand the world No. 42 victory. Marozsan will now face Denis Shapovalov in the third round.<\/p>\n \u201cIt was really tough. Yesterday, I came back from the second set and it was very tough because it\u2019s different conditions, different way, different weather. For sure, he\u2019s a great player,\u201d Marozsan said of his unusual two-day victory.<\/p>\n \u201cAnd the court is a little bit soft, a lot of bad bounces, but I tried just to focus on myself, and I tried to do my best, of course. And I\u2019m just really happy to beat him now, because last time, I lost against him, so it\u2019s a good one for me.\u201d<\/p>\n EXPRESS SPORT ON FB! Get all the best sports news and much more on our Facebook page<\/a><\/p>\n Stay up-to-date with the latest Tennis news Join us on WhatsApp<\/a><\/p>\n![\"Renaud](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Renaud-Lichtenstein-Stefanos-Tsitsipas-Munich-Open-6863726.jpg\" "\\"Renaud")
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