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The game, as if it were made up of two different parts, lasted 4 hours and 8 minutes.
The Spaniard had no problems in the first two sets, which lasted just 1:21 am, but S. Sitsi began to hold on to his opponent in the third set.
Both the Greek and the Spanish certainly won all their innings during it, but S. Sitsi proved his superiority over tie-breaker, when he managed to win three of the six balls that R. Nadal passed.
To further support the rival titled on the wall, the Greek took the fourth set. During his time, S. Tsitssip did not use all three breaking pointuntil he finally managed to win the ninth gamima Delivering R. Nadal and successfully completing the winning set 6: 4.
The break of the match occurred at the end of the fifth set. Tennis players exchanging winnings gamima, S.Tsitsip finally succeeded scratch rival in 11 geime and burst forward 6: 5.
Although Nadal managed to defend himself from the two match point, in the third S. Tsitsip took advantage of and celebrated one of the most important victories of his career.
Photo by Scanpix / Stefan Tsitsip and Rafael Nadal
“I have no words,” said the 22-year-old Greek after a dramatic victory with a smile on his face. – I have no words to describe what just happened on the card. It’s an amazing feeling to fight at that level and give yourself completely.
I started nervously, I’m not going to lie. I don’t know what happened after the third set, I started to fly like a bird. Everything worked, and this feeling of victory is indescribable. “
He became the second tennis player to beat R. Nadal in the Great Accent tournament, although he lost the first two sets. The first to do so was the Italian Fabio Fognini.
He will play for the second time in the semifinals of the Australian Open. In 2019, the Greek landed on the same R. Nadal for three sets.
In the semifinals, S. Sitsi will have to test his strength with the Russian Danil Medvedev (ATP-4), who in the quarterfinals defeated his compatriot Andrei Rubliov (ATP-8) 7: 5, 6: 3, 6: two.
Medvedev reached the top four of the Australian Open for the first time, but got a taste of the “Great Accent” final last year when he fought R. Nadal for the title of “US Open” champion, but lost.
The victory in the quarterfinals also means that Medvedev will overtake Dominic Thiem and place in the top three in the ATP rankings for the first time.
This semifinal will be played on Friday. Tomorrow, in the next semifinals of the tournament, Russian Aslan Karatsev (ATP-114) will try to challenge Novak Djokovic (ATP-1).
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