For his second Grand Slam final, the Greek will try to overthrow Djokovic, the king of Melbourne.
The Greek with the face of an angel and the look of a surfer revealed himself to the general public by paying the scalp of Roger Federer at the Australian Open in the round of 16 of the 2019 edition. also reached a symbolic milestone by defeating Rafael Nadal in the quarterfinals in 2021. Semi-finalist in 2019, 2021 and 2022, he reached his first final this year at Melbourne Park. It now remains to tame the monster Novak Djokovic, nine coronations in nine finals and 27 consecutive victories, current series. A huge challenge. If Stefanos Tsitsipas obtained his two victories in twelve confrontations against the Serb, on hard outside in conditions close to the Australian Open, the latter has won their last ten face-to-face since 2019.
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At Roland-Garros, Tsitsipas has twice challenged Djokovic in the whites of his eyes, in what remains to date their only two Grand Slam confrontations. Each time, the Djoker won in five sets, in the semi-finals in 2020 and in the final…
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