Australian Open, Katsanov-Tsitsipas 1-3: Stefanos is in the final for the title!

at its end Australian Open Championship He qualified for the first time in his career Stefanos Tsitsipas.

The Greek top tennis player eliminated the Russian Karen Katsanov in 3.21 minutes with a score of 7-6 (2), 6-4, 6-7 (6), 6-3 and will play on Sunday (10:30) in the final with Novak. Djokovic or Tommy Paul (today’s duel at 10:30).

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Stefanos Tsitsipas will compete in his second Grand Slam final after reaching the final in 2021 at Roland Garros.

In Melbourne, he succeeds after three unsuccessful attempts in the semi-finals (2019, 2021, 2022) and now, in addition to the title, he is also chasing an ascent to number one in the world ranking.

The winner of the tie-break

In the first set, Stefanos Tsitsipas led comfortably 2-1 and with a break reached 3-1. Katsanoff had a double break point in the fifth game and at second opportunity broke the tie for 3-2.

Clutch Khachanov grabs the third set! 😵

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The Russian tied the score at 3-3 in a love service match, but Tsitsipas broke the lead at 5-3! The Greek had two double faults in the ninth inning and his opponent comfortably reached for a break (5-4).

Katsanov tied at 5-5 6-6. On the tie-break, Tsitsipas … made a walk and in 55 minutes closed at 7-6 (2).

break and end

In the second set, Tsitsipas hit a double break in the third game and Katsanov erased it. He did the same with the third and went up 2-1.

With a game of serving love, the Russian made it 3-2 and 4-3. The Greek got a double break point in the ninth game and took advantage of it. With a break, he led 5-4 and closed the set at 6-4.

Erase 2 of the game points and trim

As in the second set, in the third, Tsitsipas had two break points in the third game and the Russian erased them. With the third, he hit a break and made it 2-1.

He defended it by sending it 3-1 and reaching 4-2. It was reduced to 4-3 by Katsanov but Tsitsipas took the next match 5-3.

With a break, the Russian tied with a score of 5-5 and defended it with a score of 6-5. Tsitsipas took the lead in the second half as he had two match points (6-4). The Russians wiped them out and won 7-6 (6)!

Tsitsipas designer

Tsitsipas had a triple break point at the start of the fourth set and with the third chance he made it 2-0 with a break. The Greek defended it 3-0 and the Russian reduced it to 3-1.

He comfortably wrote 4-1 and 5-2. It finally closed at 6-3.

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