Tsitsipas holds off Sinner in thriller to succeed in Australian Open quarter-finals

Greece’s Stefanos Tsitsipas celebrates after victory towards Italy’s Jannik Sinner throughout their males’s singles match on day seven of the Australian Open tennis match. (Paul CROCK / AFP)

Stefanos Tsitsipas discovered one other gear when it counted to fend off Jannik Sinner in a five-set thriller and attain the Australian Open quarter-finals in a uncommon win for the excessive seeds on Sunday.

A yr after dumping Sinner out within the quarters at Melbourne Park, third seed Tsitsipas crushed the Italian’s hopes of a terrific escape as he held agency to finish a 6-4 6-4 3-6 4-6 6-3 victory at a heaving Rod Laver Arena.

With the Greek dominated for 2 units as Sinner roared again into the match, Tsitsipas captured the decisive break within the sixth sport of the decider earlier than sealing it in type with a cross-court forehand winner.

The three-times Australian Open semi-finalist will meet unseeded 21-year-old Czech Jiri Lehecka for a spot within the semi-finals.