Australian Open: After defeating Karen Khachanov, Stefanos Tsitsipas advances to his first Melbourne final

Australian Open: After defeating Karen Khachanov, Stefanos Tsitsipas advances to his first Melbourne final.

After making it to the French Open final the previous year, Stefanos Tsitsipas advances to his second Grand Slam final. The third-seeded Greek player defeats Karen Khachanov in four sets and will now face the victor of Sunday’s second semifinal between Tommy Paul and Novak Djokovic.

After defeating Karen Khachanov on Friday in Melbourne, third seed Stefanos Tsitsipas advanced to his first Australian Open final. Tsitsipas faltered in the third set, but he bounced back to win 7-6 (7-2) 6-4 6-7 (6-8) 6-3 at Rod Laver Arena. Australian Open: Order of Play I Scores & Schedule I Women’s Singles Draw I Men’s Singles Draw I Australian Open champion Rybakina will play Sabalenka. Rybakina won Wimbledon. According to Djokovic’s father, he unintentionally posed for pictures with Putin supporters. The Tale of the Tape: Khachanov vs. Tsitsipas Khachanov Match Data.

18 Aces, 1 Double Fault, 566 % First serve victory percentage: 84%/58% Win percentage on second serve: 53% 3/4 Wins on break points (5/12) 23/37 Won net points 29 out of 41 32 winners in total Inadvertent mistakes 34 123 Won 145 total points The 24-year-old said, “I dreamed as a kid to maybe one day get to play on this court and compete with the best players in the world.” He instantly recalled seeing Marcos Baghdatis, a Cypriot, get it to the final here back in 2006. It reminds me of my childhood days spent cheering him on while watching it on TV.” If Tsitsipas wins on Sunday, he would move up to the top of the world rankings. He also said, “I like that number.”

Before the Greek sealed the deal in three hours and twenty-one minutes, Russian Khachanov held on, breaking Tsitsipas and then saving two match points in the third-set tie-break. Tsitsipas has advanced to the Melbourne Park final four in three of the previous four years, although he was defeated by Daniil Medvedev in 2021 and 2022 and Rafael Nadal in 2019.

But he was not going to be defeated this time, and he will now try to surpass his only other grand slam final performance, which came at the French Open in 2021 when he trailed Novak Djokovic two sets to one before losing. Even though he might go across the Serbian player again, he still thinks he has a chance to pull off the upset if he can play with the same level of consistency as he did for the majority of the match. However, after similarly failing to serve out the opening set, Tsitsipas will undoubtedly need to avoid making the same mistakes if Djokovic is the opponent.

Tsitsipas double-failed, giving up a first serve, and was briefly in jeopardy at 5-5 after dropping serve poorly after breaking to lead 5-3. This was his second time violation of the match. But he bounced back to hold, and he played a perfect tie-break to take the lead. Tsitsipas, who had defeated Khachanov in all five of his prior meetings, was the more skilled player in the second set as well. He broke through in the penultimate game, and he looked ready to win the match when he served for the match at 5-4 in the third. However, Khachanov mounted a comeback, breaking back and then delivering two spectacular winners with his forehand when Tsitsipas led 6-4 in the tie-break.