His effort had an inglorious end Stefanou Tsitsipas in the “16” of the Australian Open.
The 25-year-old Greek, number seven in the world ranking, lost 7-6, 5-7, 6-3, 6-3 to the American Taylor Fritz (No. 12). The 26-year-old American advanced to the quarterfinals of the Melbourne Grand Slam for the first time in his career, where he will face Novak Djokovic.
With this defeat, “Steph” will drop to tenth place in the world rankings, while he is also at risk of further decline depending on the results of other tennis players in the Australian Open. For Fritz, who produced the best performance of his career, it was the first Grand Slam win over a Top 10 opponent.
Fritz took the first set 7-6 taking advantage of the fact that he had 26/26 first serve points won. Tsitsipas fought back in the second, which he took 7-5 to level after a break in the eleventh game. However, the American’s key breaks in the third and fourth sets led him to victory. He made the first break early in the third set and won it 6-3, while in the fourth he broke 5-3 and defending his serve reached the victory.
These two saved the best for last!@Taylor_Fritz97 breaks Stefanos Tsitsipas in a frantic, fantastic final game to take the match 7-6(3) 5-7 6-3 6-3.
It’s the American’s first win over a top 10 player at a Grand Slam!#AusOpen • @wwos • @espn • @eurosport • @wowowtennis pic.twitter.com/UkTsattSsD
— #AusOpen (@AustralianOpen) January 21, 2024
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