Tsitsipas into last eight of Australian Open despite Sinner’s best efforts
Stefanos Tsitsipas has been having rather a nice time this past week. As the high and mighty fell around him at the, the third seed sauntered through the draw, dropping not a single set in the first three rounds and spending less time on the court than Andy Murray did in a single match.
Tsitsipas, now with eight wins from eight this year, will face Czech Jiří Lehečka in the quarter-finals on Tuesday.Photograph: Martin Keep/AFP/Getty Images The primary question before this contest was whether Sinner could overcome the psychological barrier of having lost four of his five previous matches against his aggressor, including a straight-sets defeat in the 2022 Australian Open quarter-finals. And Tsitsipas is an aggressor, with his preference for taking the ball on the rise and deploying a versatile repertoire of shots.
Sinner’s main problem was Tsitsipas’s second serve, prompting his team to direct him to receive from well beyond the baseline. The tweak gave him more time and allowed new depth in return, forcing Tsitsipas to save two set points on serve and survive, only for Sinner to serve out the set with three aces.
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