MELBOURNE: Fourth seed Stefanos Tsitipas Congratulations from the fourth round of Atra with American Taylor Fritz on Monday, twice comes from the set behind to win 4-6, 6-4, 4-4, 6-3, 6-4 and reach The Australian quarter-finals are open.
When passing the night at the Rod Laver Arena The Greek ended the Fritz resistance to arrange clashes with 11 Italian seeds Jannik Sinner when he would try to reach the semi-final here for the third time in his career.
Tsitipas looked rather and tense at the time but his bigger experience at the big stage was finally told when he got a decisive break in the fifth set before claiming victory.
Fritz, playing in the fourth round of his first Grand Slam, converted only two of the 15 break points and will compile the opportunities missed to become the first American men to reach the quarter-finals of the Grand Slam for two years.
“It’s an epic match that I can say, I give everything out there in court today,” said the 23-year-old player.
“I’m proud of the way I fight.” I’m overwhelmed.
It’s too good to be true.
I know it will be physical, and I know I have to be patient and finally paid off the Attritional Fourth-round battle with Taylor Fritz on Monday, twice comes from a set behind to win 4-6, 6-4, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 and reach the quarter-finals.
(Reuters photo) Kaia Kanepi strengthened from a set to the bottom to the world number two Aryna Sabalenka 5-7, 6-2, 7-6 (10) at the Margaret Court Arena in a strict contest to reach the quarter-finals for the first time.
(Reuters Photo) Seventh Seeds Swiatek Iga Flaps from Setting to Edge Sorana Cirstea 5-7, 6-3, 6-3 in the Slugfest Baseline on Monday to book a place in the last eight.
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2 Daniil Medvedev comes battle with Maxime Cressy to win 6-2, 7-6, 6-7, 7-5 for a place in the quarter-final (AP) unseeded alize Cornet shows Simona Halep exit with 6-4, 3-6 6.
-4 Victory to make his first Grand Slam quarter-final at the 63rd attempt (AP photo) Danielle Collins won the friction battle in the hot heat to overhaul Elise Mertens 4-6, 6-4, 6-4 to enter the final stage eight ( Getty Picture) The ninth seed Auger Auansime gets a quarter-final place when she is longer than Marin Cilic veteran 2-6, 7-6, 6-2, 7-6 (AP photo) under destructive pressure-forehand for great effects throughout the contest And Tsitipas appeared under pressure on the first set, often struggling to beat the shot hours while serving.
The 24-year-old American breaking served at 3-3 in the opening with a clubbing forehand and calmly closed the set.
Fritz, whose career has become something slow, not even facing a break point until 4-5 in the second set when he suddenly felt close and cough some mistakes.
Another forehand error allows Tsitipas to raise the match level even though he initially seemed unaware that the set was his.
In the first carbon copy set, tsitipas was broken at 3-3 in the third when he framed the forehand and Fritz did not need a second invitation to move into a set of victories.
Tsitipas was excavated far in the local and solving Fritz serving at 3-3 with a strong forehand after Americans save one break by reaching the brutal rally.
Fritz, 20th seed, keep his nose ahead in the decider and appeared to be arranged until serving at 4-4 when he cracked.
He blamed a double with a Tsitipas rest point and even though the Greeks could not take that one, he had another chance and this time he showed a large defensive quality to fight for some large Fritz’s forehand before his opponent captured his awkward volley.
With a crowd that supports it, Tsitipas then holds a victory and reaches the quarter-final grand slam.