Australian Open: ‘truly unbelievable’ Tsitsipas stuns Sinner to progress to semi-finals, as Iga Swiatek wins heated three hour battle
- Stefanos Tsitsipas pulled out one of his best performances yet to book his spot in the Australian Open semi-final
- Iga Swiatek took three hours in the blistering afternoon heat to overcome Kaia Kanepi – ‘this match was crazy’
Stefanos Tsitsipas stormed into his third Australian Open semi-final with a blistering straight-sets victory over Jannik Sinner on Wednesday.
The Greek fourth seed played his best tennis yet in the year’s opening major to romp past the 11th-seeded Italian 6-3, 6-4, 6-2 in 2 hour and 6 minute and book a semi-final against either Daniil Medvedev or Felix Auger-Aliassime.
It was a most impressive performance from the world number four who grasped control of the quarter-final on Rod Laver Arena with a break in Sinner’s opening service game and did not relinquish his firm grip.
“My humility helped a lot today, I knew I was going out on the court to face a very good player,” Tsitsipas said. “I just focused on my very best shots and it paid off better than I thought. Stepping on the court and having the crowd support is truly unbelievable.”
Not even a rain interruption which forced the stadium roof to be closed and change match conditions early in the second set stopped the Tsitsipas momentum.
“It’s part of the game. I knew I was heading in the right direction,” Tsitsipas said. “The conditions might have changed a bit but so did my mind. I tried to adapt. It just worked.”
