Greece's 4th seed Stefanos Tsitsipas today won the Australian Open men's singles round of 16, after 3 hours and 23 minutes of 5 sets, to defeat the United States Taylor Fritz 4:6, 6:4, 4:6, 6:3, 6:4, and painstakingly collected the round of 8 tickets.
Tsitsipas in the past 2 times met Fritz to pass the second in a straight pass, but today it is in a bitter battle, the two sides have been tug-of-war, but also forced the battle line to the decisive set, the authorities number 4:4, Tsitsipas in the 9th set to take the lead in the break point, and he did not let the opportunity to slip away, Fritz in front of the net to hit the net, let him successfully break through the deadlock, the next set and then rely on successful delivery, so that he in this exhaustive battle, there is no danger to win.
In an interview after the game, Tsitsipas said that he was really tired, but he was grateful for the support of the audience, even if it was late at night, he still cheered him on the pitch and became his best backing.
The men's singles quarter-finals are officially out, and Tsitsipas will face Italy's Jannik Sinner, who earlier beat Australian Open host Alex de Minaur 7-6 (3), 6-3, 6-4.
The other three groups are Spanish legend Rafael Nadal vs. Canadian rising star Denis Shapovalov, Italy's Matteo Berrettini against France's Gael Monfils, and Russia's second-seeded Daniil Medvedev against Canadian rising star Felix Auger-Aliassime）。
Daniil Medvedev, a Russian player ranked No. 2 in the world, met the American Maxime Cressy in the Australian Open Round of 16 today, the two sides fought in 4 sets, it took 3 hours and 30 minutes to divide the winner, "Mei Zong" finally grabbed the top 8 tickets 6-2, 7-6 (4), 6-7 (4), 7-5, he revealed that he was in a bit of a crazy state after the game, trying to "shout" in the air to disturb the opponent.
After Serbian champion Novak Djokovic was deported by the Australian government, world No. 2 Medvedev was even more optimistic about winning the title, having reached the Australian Open final last year but losing to Deschland. "May" met his American player Cressy, who was 1 year younger than himself, in the round of 16, and although the first set was easily passed 6-2, the next three sets were in a tug-of-war between the two sides, and it took him 3 hours and 30 minutes to emerge from the 4 set battle.
Medvedev, who has always been blunt, recently complained about the "Siuuu" voice of Australian fans, angrily exclaiming that "those who are doing this may have a low IQ". But he also tried to make some noises on the field today, hoping to disturb the opponent, "I try to speak in the air, hoping that some words can reach his mind, maybe he will say, what is Medvedev saying?" Hence the mistake. ”
"Mei Zong" admitted that in order to keep the victory, he fell into a bit of a crazy state when he played, "I am not very satisfied with what I said today, but I am very happy that I want to fight." "He also praised it as a wonderful game.