The 20-year-old Stefanos Tsitsipas has continued his triumphal procession at the Australian Open and reached the semifinals of the Grand Slam tournament in Melbourne. Two days after his surprising success over the Swiss defending champion Roger Federer, the Greek also prevailed against Roberto Bautista Agut from Spain. After 3:15 hours he won 7: 5, 4: 6, 6: 4, 7: 6 (7: 2).
"It almost feels like a fairy tale, I live my dream, but I worked hard to get here," Tsitsipas said, "When I was asked about my goals before the season, I said I wanted to get in Grand Slam semi-final, I thought I was crazy, but it's true. "
On Thursday he plays against the 17-time Grand Slam champion Rafael Nadal from Spain or the 21-year-old American Frances Tiafoe for the final in the final. Tsitsipas is the youngest semifinalist in the Australian Open since American Andy Roddick 16 years ago. Tsitsipas had already written Greek tennis history when they reached the top eight.
In his previous five victories in Melbourne Park, he gave each one sentence. Also against the ten years older Bautista Agut the match was balanced until the third round, then left the Spaniard somewhat the forces. During the tournament, Bautista Agut had previously lost to five sets against British superstar Andy Murray, John Millman of Australia and Croatian Marin Cilic.