Stefanos Tsitsipas after thriller to the quarterfinals of the Australian Open, also title favorite Daniil Medvedev has to work hard | Tennis

The 23-year-old Tsitsipas had a very difficult time with the 20th seeded American. He won the service from Fritz in the fifth set at 4-4 and then made no more major mistakes on his own serve. The match lasted 3 hours and 23 minutes.

Tsitsipas had made it to the fourth round for the third time in five participations in Melbourne. He reached the semifinals in 2019 and 2021. In the quarterfinals, the Greek will meet Jannik Sinner, the Italian who did not award the Australian Alex De Minaur a set in the fourth round: 7-6 (3) 6-3 6-4.

Tsitsipas became the first Greek to reach a final of a grand slam tournament at Roland Garros last year. He lost to Novak Djokovic in Paris after a 2-0 lead in sets.

Title favorite Daniil Medvedev has to work hard in Melbourne

Daniil Medvedev has reached the quarterfinals at the Australian Open, but the Russian number 2 in the world had to work hard for that. Medvedev needed four sets to beat tough American Maxime Cressy: 6-2 7-6 (4) 6-7 (4) 7-5. In the absence of Novak Djokovic, Medvedev is the favorite for the overall victory in Melbourne.

The 25-year-old Russian was in the final last year, but then he lost to Djokovic. He defeated the Serb at the end of the season in the final of the US Open.

Medvedev, who had eliminated Botic van de Zandschulp in the third round, seemed to win the match against 24-year-old Cressy in three sets. However, in the tiebreak of the third set, the Russian gave up a lead. Cressy, the number 70 in the world, took the set and had Medvedev work hard for the points in the fourth set as well. The Russian dominated on his own service and did not give away a single breakpoint. After 3.5 hours of tennis, Medvedev was able to celebrate the win.

Auger Aliassime

The title favorite will face 21-year-old Felix Auger-Aliassime in the quarterfinals. The Canadian ninth seed defeated Croatian Marin Cilic in four sets: 2-6 7-6 (7) 6-2 7-6 (4).