Melbourne: The desire and tenacity Stefanos Tsitsipas shown on Friday to advance to the Australian Open fourth round in straight sets pleased him, he said.
The seventh-seeded Greek player lost the opening set in his first two matches, but he prevailed 6-3, 6-0, 6-4 against France’s Luca Van Assche to spare himself the same fate.
It prepared him for a difficult matchup the next day against American 12th seed Taylor Fritz, who defeated Hungary’s Fabian Marozsan 3-6, 6-4, 6-2, 6-2.
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“Today, I gained a little bit more experience, and I’m happy that I won. Tsitsipas, who lost to Novak Djokovic in the final last year, stated, “It means a lot to me.”
“I thought I should have done better this time around because I felt like I started both of the prior matches poorly. It’s challenging to consistently respond and play your best tennis in the second set.”From the beginning, I wanted to come out here and demonstrate my drive and tenacity, and I’m glad that everything worked out.I was always pushing myself to go above and beyond what I thought was possible. After the first set, everything went easily, so I’m satisfied with that.”
