Bianca Andreescu (l) of Canada, and Maria Sakkari, of Greece, meet at the net after Andreescu’s win during the Miami Open tennis tournament early Friday, in Miami Gardens, Fla. The eighth-seeded Andreescu beat No. 23 seed Sakkari 7-6 (7), 3-6, 7-6 (4) in a match that finished at 1.35 a.m. ET. [Wilfredo Lee/AP]
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Maria Sakkari upset No.2-ranked Naomi Osaka 6-0, 6-4 in the quarterfinals of the Miami Open Wednesday, ending her 23-match winning streak, which included the US Open and Australian Open titles.
Stefanos Tsitsipas reacts during the Men’s singles match against Lorenzo Sonego of Italy at the Miami Open tennis tournament in Miami Gardens, Florida, Tuesday
Stefanos Tsitsipas is keeping expectations low heading into the Miami Open but said the absence of Roger Federer, Rafa Nadal and Novak Djokovic at the tournament gives players like him a better chance for success.
Second-seeded Stefanos Tsitsipas, in his first match since reaching the Australian Open semifinals, advanced to the second round of the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament by beating Belarusian Egor Gerasimov 7-6 (4), 7-5 on Tuesday.
For the 225th time in his illustrious career, Rafael Nadal grabbed a two-set lead in a Grand Slam match. For only the second time, he blew that big edge and lost.
Rafael Nadal’s bid for a men’s-record 21st Grand Slam title has ended with a five-set loss to Stefanos Tsitsipas in the Australian Open quarterfinals.
Rafael Nadal’s Grand Slam set streak has ended at 35 after he dropped one against Stefanos Tsitsipas in the Australian Open quarterfinals.
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Stefanos Tsitsipas will hope to gain revenge on Rafa Nadal and end the Spaniard’s bid for a record 21st Grand Slam title when they meet in the Australian Open quarter-final on Wednesday, a rematch of their last-four encounter in Melbourne two years ago.
Matteo Berrettini withdrew from his Australian Open fourth-round match against Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas on Monday due to an abdominal strain, the Italian ninth seed said.
Australian Open organizers say the player from Greece's ATP Cup team who tested positive for Covid-19 on arrival in South Africa had returned a negative result the day he left Melbourne.
Fifth seed Stefanos Tsitsipas put in a dominant performance, keeping things "clean and simple" to thrash Swede Mikael Ymer 6-4 6-1 6-1 and canter into the fourth round of the Australian Open on Saturday.
A Greek tragedy threatened to befall Stefanos Tsitsipas at the Australian Open on Thursday before the fifth seed steadied to fend off local wildcard Thanasi Kokkinakis 6-7(5) 6-4 6-1 6-7(5) 6-4 and reach the third round.
Greek fifth seed Stefanos Tsitsipas was left surprised by the ease with which he stormed past veteran Frenchman Gilles Simon during a 6-1 6-2 6-1 thrashing to open his Australian Open campaign on Tuesday.
Greece ended its presence in the ATP Cup in Melbourne with a 2-1 win over Spain on Friday.
Greece started off at the ATP Cup in Melbourne with a narrow loss to host Australia, despite the great efforts by world number six Stefanos Tsitsipas.
