The 21-year-old tennis player Stefanos Tsitsipas, after becoming the first Greek to enter the Top-100 in the world rankings, the first to win a professional title, the first to proceed to that stage of a Grand Slam tournament after beating the mythical Roger Federer, today at dawn he became the first Greek to reach the semifinals of a tournament such as the Australian Open.
What a moment ?#AusOpen pic.twitter.com/IOL9wRYiHb
— #AusOpen (@AustralianOpen) January 22, 2019
After a 3-hour and 15-minute battle, Tsitsipas prevailed with 3-1 sets of the Spaniard Roberto Bautista Agut and is now waiting to find out who will be his opponent in the semi-final. The game that he will have to wait for is the Nadal-Tiafo match is later.
One of @StefTsitsipas‘ 2019 goals was to reach a Grand Slam semifinal.
Just 22 days into the year, he already achieved it ?#AusOpen pic.twitter.com/Dx2fZmHEaC
— #AusOpen (@AustralianOpen) January 22, 2019
The reaction says it all.
Take a bow, @StefTsitsipas! #AusOpen pic.twitter.com/5QKG2gnztY
— #AusOpen (@AustralianOpen) January 22, 2019