Cool Tsitsipas Flies Into 'fairytale' First Slam Semi-final
Zeeshan Mehtab Published January 22, 2019 | 03:23 PM
Greek sensation Stefanos Tsitsipas showed resilience and maturity to power into a fairytale Australian Open semi-final Tuesday after sweeping past Spain's Roberto Bautista Agut
Melbourne, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 22nd Jan, 2019 ) :Greek sensation Stefanos Tsitsipas showed resilience and maturity to power into a fairytale Australian Open semi-final Tuesday after sweeping past Spain's Roberto Bautista Agut.
Roger Federer's conqueror had to contend with dropping his serve early in each of the first three sets to the 22nd seed before coming through 7-5, 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (7/2) in 3hr 15min.
"It all feels like a fairytale almost," said the 20-year-old after holding his head in his hands in disbelief and sinking to the floor on Rod Laver Arena.
"I'm just living the dream, living what I've been working hard for," Tsitsipas added.
"I feel a bit emotional but not too much -- I know I really worked hard to get here, playing in semis of a Grand Slam.
"I was asked my goals this year and said semis Grand Slam.
And when I was answering this question, I thought I was crazy. But it is real. It just happened." Tsitsipas, who broke through in 2018 with his first ATP Tour title and won the NextGen finals, will face either world number two Rafael Nadal or unseeded Frances Tiafoe for a place in the final.
For the 30-year-old Bautista Agut, who won the Doha warm-up event and was in his first quarter-final at this level, the wait for a maiden Grand Slam semi-final goes on.
After encountering the gifted Greek at close quarters for the first time he still tipped either Nadal or Novak Djokovic to lift the famous Norman Brookes trophy.
"He's playing very good tennis. Of course, he has a lot of time to improve, a lot of time to get enough experience to be in the finals of these tournaments," the Spanish world number 24 told reporters of Tsitsipas.
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