The number three seed from Greece finds another gear when it counts to fend off the Italian in a rare win for the high seeds on Sunday in front of Australian tennis legend Rod Laver.
abc.net.au/news/stefanos-tsitsipas-beats-jannik-sinner-to-reach-australian-open/101880866Stefanos Tsitsipas has survived a five-set thriller at Melbourne Park to book a place in the final eight of the Australian Open.
A year after dumping Sinner out in the quarterfinals at Melbourne Park, third seed Tsitsipas crushed the Italian's hopes of a great escape as he held firm to complete a 6-4 6-4 3-6 4-6 6-3 victory at a heaving Rod Laver Arena.But Tsitsipas captured the decisive break in the sixth game of the decider before sealing it in style with a cross-court forehand winner in front of 84-year-old Laver, a three-time Australian Open champion.
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