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Despite his major slump in form, Stefanos Tsitsipas is through to the round of 16 of the Madrid Open. <\/strong><\/p>\n

Tsitsipas\u2019 performance was slammed by Jim Courier<\/a> during his match against Alexander Bublik<\/a>, despite the Greek star\u2019s straight sets victory. <\/p>\n

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The world number 75 followed his victory against Bublik with a win against Daniel Merida to set up a match with Casper Ruud<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Tsitsipas<\/a> has revealed the one thing he wants to change about his game in order to compete at the top of the ATP<\/a> Tour again. <\/p>\n

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Stefanos Tsitsipas cites major improvements to climb the rankings<\/h2>\n

Tsitsipas has put in some worrying performances so far this year, and he is well aware of the fundamental changes he needs to make. <\/p>\n

Speaking to Ziggo Sport<\/a>, he said: \u201cI used to be one of the best players in the world on serve plus one, despite not being world number one. <\/p>\n

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\u201cI was up there with one of the best in managing serve plus one and I feel like something I\u2019ve lost recently is that. That is something that gave me a lot of wins. <\/p>\n

\u201cIt gave me a lot of big wins actually against good opponents and I managed to execute my game plan really confidently with a lot of aggression and confidence behind every single shot. <\/p>\n

\u201cI feel like lately it hasn\u2019t been going as well, so I\u2019m trying to fix a few things and adjust so I can relive that feeling again.\u201d<\/p>\n

Tsitsipas has been as high in the rankings as world number 3, which came for the Greek star during the 2021 season. <\/p>\n

The star has reached as far as the semi-finals of the Madrid Open<\/a>, so he still has some way to go to beat his best-ever performance. <\/p>\n

However, Ruud will provide a difficult test for the Greek star, particularly on his favoured surface of clay. <\/p>\n

Stefanos Tsitsipas\u2019 head-to-head record with Casper Ruud <\/h2>\n

Tsitsipas and Ruud\u2019s round of 16 match at the Madrid Open will be their first ATP Tour meeting for over two years. <\/p>\n

Their head-to-head record is incredibly close, with Ruud narrowly leading the Greek star with three victories from their five matches. <\/p>\n

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Two out of three of Ruud\u2019s victories have come on clay, which is bad news for Tsitsipas ahead of their Madrid meeting. <\/p>\n

Ruud has beaten Tsitsipas at Madrid before, in their first meeting in 2021 which brought a straight sets win for the Norwegian.<\/p>\n

Tsitsipas, meanwhile, has Masters victories against Ruud at the Monte-Carlo Masters<\/a> and the Canadian Open<\/a>. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n