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At the prestigious Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne, Australia, Greece became the last participant in the men’s singles semi-finals. Stefanos Tsitsipas (ATP-6). He’s after an impressive 4 hours and 8 minutes of fighting. 3: 6, 2: 6, 7: 6 (7: 4), 6: 4, 7: 5 Spanish removed Rafaelį Nadalį (ATP-2) and repeated the best result of his career. For S.Citsip, it was only the second victory against the Spaniard in 9 matches.
Match review:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0VhQW8xsQLU
In the first set, everything was determined by a single point. In the eighth game, R. Nadal created a “break point”, realized and thus accumulated a victorious advantage. In other games, both players had no trouble passing the ball.
Much earlier, the Spaniard took the lead in the second set, turning 2-0. In the fifth game, he realized another “break point” and broke with a crushing difference (5: 1), leaving no hope for S. Sitsi during his innings.
In the third set, the Greek finally managed to maintain a good stable game without “pits”. S. Titsisip did not give the opponent break point opportunities and managed to hold out until extra time. Already at the start of extra time, R. Nadal won the ball that passed to the rival, but lost the advantage right here, unexpectedly committing a mistake to the net when striking without success from the air. Subsequently, the Spaniard made another mistake during his legends and for the first time in this match, S. Tsitsip took the initiative. The Greek played solidly at the end of extra time, winning another ball from R. Nadal and keeping hopes of reaching the semi-finals.
The fast-paced S. Titsi at the start of the fourth set had a chance to finally win the opponent’s service series, but R. Nadalis neutralized three “break points”. The players edged closer to another overtime until S. Citsip won a series of opponents in a very tense ninth game. Nadal missed a point three times before winning the match, but the Greek didn’t give up, he created a “breaking point” and realized it.
In the fifth set, both players played fantastically during their innings and made almost no unprovoked errors. Such a mild fight continued for 10 games, but everything suddenly changed in the eleventh game. Nadal began to make unprovoked errors, fell behind 0:40 and “dry” lost his series of innings. In the 12th game the tension also bit the Greek, he was soon 0:40 behind, but R. Nadal’s “right hand” on the line did not reach the goal. Directly, S. Sitsisip squandered two chances to end the match with one point and even gave the Spaniard a “break point”. Nadal was unable to start extra time and Tssitsip secured a dramatic victory on the third attempt.
Stefano Tsitsipo comments:
Rafael Nadal’s comment:
The Russians will be waiting in the Greek semi-finals Daniilas Medvedevas (ATP-4). He 7: 5, 6: 3, 6: 2 surpassed his compatriot Andrejų Rubliova (ATP-8).
Nadali missed the opportunity to improve the all-time record and win the 21st-unit “Big Accent” tournament. He currently shares a record with the Swiss Rogeriu Federeriu (20 titles each). The Serbian, who has reached the semifinals, still has a chance to get close to them Novak Djokovic (17 titles).
The total prize fund of the Australian Open amounts to 80 million. Australian dollars (approximately 51 million euros).
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