Australian Open: Fourth seed Stefanos Tsitsipas battles to a five-set win over Taylor Fritz

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Australian Open: Fourth seed Stefanos Tsitsipas battles to a five-set win over Taylor Fritz

By Semi Turaga

Tuesday 25/01/2022

[Image: BBC]

Greek fourth seed Stefanos Tsitsipas battled to a thrilling five-set victory over American Taylor Fritz to reach the Australian Open quarterfinals.

The 23-year-old came from behind to record a 4-6 6-4 4-6 6-3 6-4 win shortly after midnight in Melbourne.

It will be a third Australian Open quarter-final for 2021 French Open finalist Tsitsipas as he continues his bid for a first major title.

He will meet Italian 11th seed Jannik Sinner in the last eight.

[Source: BBC ]

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