Stefanos Tsitsipas hopes to tap into “big moments” from his 2023 Australian Open campaign to fuel his quest to reach back-to-back finals, the Greek seventh seed said after easing past Frenchman Luca Van Assche to reach the fourth round on Friday.
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No 7 Stefanos Tsitsipas of Greece plays a forehand return to Luca Van Assche of France during their third round match at the Australian Open tennis championships at Melbourne Park, Melbourne, Friday.
Stefanos Tsitsipas advanced το the second round of the Australian Open on Monday with a 5-7, 6-1, 6-1, 6-3 win over Zizou Bergs of Belgium.
Three contenders for the men’s singles title at the Australian Open, which starts on Sunday:
Maria Sakkari of Greece celebrates after defeating Canada’s Leylah Fernandez in their United Cup tennis match in Sydney, on Wednesday.
Stefanos Tsitsipas withdrew from the ATP Finals with a back injury on Tuesday after playing only three games of his second match in Turin, handing Holger Rune the victory.
Stefanos Tsitsipas maintained his stunning form at the Paris Masters with a 6-3 6-4 defeat of Russia’s Karen Khachanov to reach the semi-finals on Friday.
World number eight Karolina Muchova has withdrawn from the WTA Finals in Cancun due to a right wrist injury and will be replaced by first alternate Maria Sakkari of Greece, tour officials have said.
Maria Sakkari of Greece ended American Caroline Dolehide’s fairytale run in the Guadalajara Open final on Saturday to win her first WTA 1000 crown and end a four-year title drought.
Caroline Dolehide, ranked 111th in the world, beat former Australian Open champion Sofia Kenin on Friday to reach her first WTA final at the Guadalajara Open, where she will face second seed Maria Sakkari of Greece.
The visit was supposed to be a surprise, but news of it seemed to have leaked. It was 5 o’clock on Wednesday afternoon at the Glyfada Tennis Club in southern Athens and a small crowd had gathered, throbbing with anticipation.
Greece will face Slovakia this weekend in a Davis Cup match at the Kallimarmaro Stadium in Athens and Greek tennis star Stefanos Tsitsipas stressed that the team’s efforts “will also be for the people affected by the deadly floods in Thessaly.”
Those familiar with New York City know it’s a place where you will occasionally be confronted with the smell of marijuana.
Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas said his recent form was simply “not good enough” as his poor run continued with yet another early exit from Flushing Meadows on Wednesday when Swiss qualifier Dominic Stricker stunned the seventh seed in the US Open second round in a five-set thriller.
Greek seventh seed Stefanos Tsitsipas returns a shot to Milos Raonic, of Canada, during the first round of the US Open tennis championships, Monday, in New York.
Even while she was rolling on the court, Maria Sakkari was bothered by the smell of something off it. “It was weed,” Sakkari said.
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