the greek Stefanos Tsitsipas (3), who has rediscovered his best version after a season full of doubts, could not stop the colossus Novak Djokoviccurrent number four and leader of the ranking since next Monday, in a final of the Australian Open that was defined in three sets 6-3, 7-6 (7/4) and 7-6 (7/5).
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The Serbian prevailed against the 25-year-old North American in three sets and got tickets to the definition where he will seek to reach Rafael Nadal as the most Grand Slam winner. He will face the Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas
At the beginning, the Greek could not with the forcefulness of the Serbian who won 6-3, despite having put up a fight from the start. Nole He got the first break of the match in the fourth game after a double fault from the Athenian, making it 3-1 on the board and then taking advantage of the serve and stretching the lead to 4-1.
For the second round, aware of the Serbian’s mental boost after winning the first set, Tsitsipas came out more aggressive. Both tennis players held their serve in a great demonstration of intensity that the public recognized with a shower of applause at the Rod Laver Arena at the end of the seventh game (4-3 for the 24-year-old).
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The pulse continued until the end of the second set. Both the one from Belgrade and the one from Athens could not break their serves. Although Tsitsipas came close to doing it in the tenth game with a set point in favor, the former number 1 in the world was able to recover and stretch the definition (5-5). Finally, the set ended up being resolved in favor of Djokovic in the tie-breaker (6-6 / 7-4).
Far from giving up, Stefanos Tsitsipas came out with everything in the third set and broke the Serb’s serve at the startHowever, after wasting some plays with unforced errors, he ended up giving up his. In counterpart, Nole yes he took advantage of the break and took advantage of it (2-1).
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The Greek’s stumble at the start of the third set seemed to demoralize him. While he continued to hold the kicks from him, Djokovic defended the advantage very well, taking the game at his own pace in the last stages and getting 5-4, staying one game away from the title.
In an attempt not to give up, Tsitsipas kept his serve and stretched the definition of the set after making it 5-5 on the scoreboard. However, the experienced 35-year-old tennis player finally came back to shout champion again in this tournament for the tenth time in his career by defeating his rival in the tie-breaker (7-6 / 7-5). With remarkable superiority, the Serbian managed to impose conditions and sentence the match in three sets.
With this win, Djokovic equaled Rafael Nadal with 22 Grand Slams achieved. Behind was Roger Federer, already retired, with 20.
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