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The 22-year-old Greek celebrated the victory over a 12-year-old Spaniard with a score of 3: 6, 2: 6, 7: 6 (7: 4), 6: 4, 7: 5.
“I have no words, I don’t know what has changed in the third set. He flew easily like a little bird. Let my game speak for itself ”, after 4 pm 5 minutes. S. Tsitsip was wrestling with his hands during the long match and had a hard time gathering words.
For most of the quarter-finals, he was powerless over Nadal’s innings, but won them when he needed them most.
At the end of the deciding set, when the Greek tennis player went ahead 6: 5, Nadal eliminated two chances for the opponent to win the match, but on the third attempt, S. Tsitsip helped in the deciding point.
He reached the semifinals in Melbourne for the second time in his career. At that point, Nadal lost a step in Roger Federer’s record.
The Swiss had won 36 sets in a row in Grand Slam tournaments: the Spanish series ended at 35.
In the semi-finals, Tsitsip will face Russia’s Danil Medvedev (ATP-4), who convincingly edged out compatriot Andrei Rublev (ATP-8) 7: 5, 6: 3, 6: 2.
In the next semifinal, the confrontation of the best tennis player in the world from Serbia Novak Djokovic and another Russian Aslan Karaciov (ATP-114) awaits the title.
Federer (Miami, 2005)
Fognini (US Open, 2015)
Tsitsipas (Australian Open, 2021)Nadal is defeated in 2 sets for only * third * time in his career 😧@steftsitsipas #AusOpen pic.twitter.com/hYOxTCOdZK
– Tennis TV (@TennisTV) February 17, 2021
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