06:46
Sinner – Tsitsipas 0: 1
Sinner gives away the first of two game balls because of his first double fault. After that, Tsitsipas looks for his chance. And now the 23-year-old pulls the forehand down inside the line. debut!
06:45
Sinner – Tsitsipas 0: 1
For the first time one of the players goes forward. And Sinner is doing this successfully. The backhand volley sits. 30:15! A good serve to the outside then paves the way. And this time the forehand brings inside.to the point.
06:44
Sinner – Tsitsipas 0: 1
Afterwards, both make speed in the rally. Sinner brings the forehand inside-in, but his opponent is there again and is again successful with the forehand played cross.
06:43
Sinner – Tsitsipas 0: 1
Sinner increases the speed to 209 kilometers per hour on the first impact. That brings a quick point.
06:42
Sinner – Tsitsipas 0: 1
In the further course you can rely on the first serve. After 0:30 the Greek takes the game to his side. It is true that Sinner plays his forehand cross very precisely on the sideline. But Tsitsipas also counters with the forehand and a little more short cross.
06:40
Sinner 0-0 Tsitsipas
Then Tsitsipas allowed himself the first double fault. But then comes the first, which Sinner is unable to return.
06:38
1 sentence
Now Tsitsipas opens this quarterfinal. The 4th seeded Greek has to go over the second serve right away. A longer rally immediately develops, which Sinner ends with a forehand winner.
06:30
Entry and coin toss
Almost exactly at 4:30 p.m. local time, our protagonists enter the court. After a few steps of preparation, the German chair umpire Nico Helwerth meets at the net to vote. The coin falls in favor of the South Tyrolean placed at 11, who decides to return.
06:27
Head 2 Head
The two opponents face each other for the fourth time. So far, you have met without exception on sand – twice at the Masters in Rome. The first duel went smoothly to Tsitsipas in 2019. The following year, Sinner prevailed in three sentences. In the semi-finals of the Barcelona 500 2021, the Greek turned the tables again and won without losing a set.
06:18
Shortly
In the Rod Laver Arena, Iga Świątek uses her second match point at this moment and defeats Kaia Kanepi 4: 6, 7: 6, 6: 3 in three hours. This will soon free up space for our two men. We expect them to appear around 6:35 a.m. CET.
06:09
Tsitsipas in Melbourne
In Melbourne, Tsitsipas has already made it to the semifinals (2019, 2021) and is now aiming for it again. For the fifth time, the 4th seeded Hellene is part of the main draw. Only the start against Sweden’s Mikael Ymer went smoothly. In the other matches, the current fourth in the world rankings had a lot to do, sometimes standing on the pitch for up to three and a half hours. Four sets were needed against Argentinian Sebastián Báez and Frenchman Benoît Paire. Most recently against the American Taylos Fritz, who was seeded 20th, it even went the full distance.
05:30
patience
Iga Świątek has just managed to equalize the set in the tie-break of the second round. So the women’s match will take a while. It is therefore not our turn before 6:00 a.m. CET.
05:15
ATP Champion 2019
Tsitsipas has also limited his previous activities during the new season to the ATP Cup and missed the semifinals with Greece. In singles there was one win and one loss for him. In previous years, the Greek had won seven tournaments and fought his way up to third place in the world rankings. The 23-year-old landed his greatest triumph as ATP champion in 2019. The right-hander already has a Masters title (Monte Carlo 2021). He won his last title so far in May 2021 in Lyon. Shortly thereafter, Tsitsipas was in a Grand Slam final for the first time, losing out to Novak Djokovic at the French Open.
05:00
delay
Iga Świątek and Kaia Kenepi are still at work in the Rod Laver Arena. At the same time, there is a struggle as to whether there should be a third sentence. In any case, the decision-making process obviously still takes some time, which is why we have to wait at least until 5:30 a.m. CET.
04:45
Five tournament wins for Sinner
At the Masters level, Sinner has even contested a final, but lost out against Hubert Hurkacz last year in Miami. The right-hander was victorious in all his other finals at ATP tournaments. So far, five titles have been recorded, four of which the Italian collected in 2021 – the most valuable at the 500 in Washington. At the end of last season, Sinner had climbed to 9th place in the world rankings and is currently in tenth place. In the new year he only played the ATP Cup, winning all three individual matches, but was eliminated with Italy in the group phase.
04:30
First Grand Slam semi-final for Sinner?
So the two semi-finalists in the lower part of the tableau are being sought today. And that would be a novelty for Jannik Sinner. Never before has the 20-year-old gone so high at Grand Slam level. So far, the quarter-finals in Roland Garros 2020 is the best major result. At the Australian Open, the South Tyrolean has never made it past the second round. With his third participation, however, things are going much better. On his way through the current tournament, Sinner only lost a set in the 3rd round against the Japanese qualifier Taro Daniel. Things went smoothly against the Portuguese lucky loser João Sousa, the American Steve Johnson and most recently against the Australian Alex de Minaur, who was seeded 32nd.
04:15
Welcome
Welcome to the Australian Open! The remaining quarter-finals in the individual competitions are on the agenda in Melbourne today. For men, we have the match between Jannik Sinner and Stefanos Tsitsipas, which is scheduled to start at 5:00 a.m. CET.