MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Fourth seed Stefanos Tsitsipas survived an attritional fourth-round battle with American Taylor Fritz on Monday, twice coming from a set behind to win 4-6 6-4 4-6 6-3 6-4 and reach the Australian Open quarter-finals.
At simply previous midnight on Rod Laver Arena the Greek ended Fritz’s resistance to arrange a conflict with Italian Jannik Sinner when he will likely be in search of to reach the semi-finals right here for the third time in his profession.
Tsitsipas regarded out of types and edgy at instances however his larger expertise on the massive stage finally informed as he acquired the decisive break within the fifth set earlier than claiming victory.
Fritz, enjoying in his first Grand Slam fourth spherical, transformed solely two of his 15 break factors and can rue a missed alternative to turn into the primary American male to reach a Grand Slam quarter-final for 2 years.
“It was an epic match that is all I can say, I gave every thing on the market on the court docket at present,” the 23-year-old mentioned. “I’m pleased with the way in which I fought.
“I’m overwhelmed. It’s too good to be true. I knew it was going to be bodily, and I knew I had to be affected person and ultimately it paid off.”
(Reporting by Martyn Herman; Editing by Ken Ferris)
