Rafael Nadal tries as the next Tennis to stop Veteran, newcomer Stefanos Tsitsipas at the Australian Open. The Spaniard on the way to his 18. Grand-Slam-title prevent in the first semi-final on Thursday, the first of a further Coup by the Greek young stars. “He has a Chance to be one of the Best for a long time,” said the 32-Year-old is full of respect.
Tsitsipas won in the quarter-finals on Tuesday in Melbourne 7:5, 4:6, 6:4, 7:6 (7:2) against the Spaniard Roberto Bautista Agut confirmed his success over defending champion Roger Federer. Then Nadal defeated the also up Americans to urge Frances Tiafoe with 6:3, 6:4, 6:2. To be”back in the semi-final, it means everything to me. I’ve said before a few rounds, the boys can wait a couple of years. But you don’t want to wait,“ said Nadal. Alexander Zverev is no longer, however, since Monday.
His first Grand Slam semifinal
For the ladies, the two-time Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova from the Czech Republic took out the Australian local hero Ashleigh Barty 6:1, 6:4. Since weeks the end of the game Kvitova, in the semi-finals on Thursday to Danielle Collins from the USA. The Conqueror of Angelique Kerber prevailed with 2:6, 7:5, 6:1 also against the Russian Anastasia Pawljutschenkowa.
Collins also Tsitsipas reached his first semifinals at a Grand Slam tournament. The 20-Year-old is the youngest player, since it was the current number one Novak Djokovic at the 2007 US Open in the final Four. Tsitsipas has reached its self-imposed target for this year already, does not want to give but satisfied. “This is only the first step, the starting point, in order to move forward,” said the world number 15. with the wall of hair.
Too much of the feelings caught up in not want to Tsistipas also have this time with him in Australia, his family. After the Match against Bautista Agut he, who was sitting apart from the star coach Patrick Mouratoglou in his Box, said: the little sister Elisavet, brother Petros, the father and Trainer, Apostolos, and mother, Julia, in Soviet times, a top player. Already in 1984 deceased grandfather Sergei Salnikov was in 1956, football, Olympic winner in Melbourne.
Tsitsipas hopes that the new subscribers
cosmopolitan Tsistipas, according to his own words, a proud Greek who also speaks Russian, was early on the move in Europe, and rotates for some time video clips about his travels, which he published on Youtube. In his victory interview, he asked to subscribe to his channel – the number of subscribers doubled, allegedly, within a few hours, on Thursday evening, there were 30 000.
“I love cinema, Film and photography,” he revealed. To turn Videos to relax him when he was feeling bad. “I don’t understand the fact that Tennis is the most Important thing in life, that we have other talents.” This is also a significant contributed to the experience: His father saved him as a Teenager on the island of Crete from Drowning.
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His triumph in Melbourne, commemorates the year in 2006, as the Cypriot Marcos Baghdatis, is friends with the Tsitsipras, it was there until the final managed. Both of them wanted this time to compete actually in a double, but Baghdatis said – now Tsitsipras is happy about the saved power, which he will need against Nadal on a matter of urgency. (dpa)
