On January 24, Beijing time, the last 1/8 final of the Australian Open men's singles was played between Tsitsipas and The American star Fritz. In the first set, Fritz went 6-4 to the next city. In the second set, Tsitsipas 6-4 also took color. In the third set, still 6-4, Fritz once again overtook the big score. In the fourth set, Tsitsipas won 6-3 and equalised again. In the decider, Tsitsipas finally won 6-4, 2 degrees behind and 2 degrees equalized, and fought 5 sets to reverse the promotion with a large score of 3-2!
In the world rankings, Tsitsipas is 4th, Fritz is 22nd; this Australian Open, Tsitsipas is the No. 4 seed, Fritz is the No. 20 seed; the number of career champions, Tsitsipas is 7 (including a year-end finals champion), Fritz has only 1; 4 Grand Slam records, Tsitsipas has won the French Open runner-up, and also reached the final four of last year's Australian Open; career record, Tsitsipas maintained a 2-game victory against Fritz. In terms of comparison in all aspects, Tsitsipas has a clear advantage and is the absolute favorite to win this game.
However, in the first set after the opening, Fritz took the lead in winning, 6-4! In the second set, Tsitsipas also returned the favor with a 6-4 innings, pulling the score to a 1-1 draw. In the third set, Fritz won 6-4 again, and the big score was 2-1 again in the lead. In the fourth set, the tenacious Tsitsipas equalized the big score for the second time with a score of 6-3, and the two sides entered the battle for the decider. In the decider, Tsitsipas withstood the pressure and won 6-4 again, refusing to upset.
With Tsitsipas 3-2 coming out of Fritz, the quarter-finals of this year's Australian Open men's singles were born, and the quarter-finals were released:
Top half, Monfils Beretini, Nadal Shapovalov
Lower half, Medvedev Aliasim, Sina Tsitsipas