“However, it’s important to keep faith in a daily procedure to get back healthy.”Īfter a first round bye Tsitsipas will open his campaign against Australian Jordan Thompson, who blew past Gael Monfils 6-3, 6-1 in the French veteran’s first match in seven months. “I consider a Grand Slam final a good result to start the year with and one that I was unfamiliar with before. “It’s a very unfortunate injury at this time of the year because I had a very good strong start to the year. “Personally I haven’t said it a lot of times in my career but I don’t think I will be capable of going deep. He consolidated for a 3-0 lead and with his strong first serve offering Lehecka few opportunities to strike back, coasted to the first set in 36 minutes, sealing it with an ace.“I’m still in recovery,” he said. Tsitsipas worked five break points on his opening service game and got over the line when the Czech smacked a backhand volley wide. Lehecka, ranked 71, warned Tsitsipas before the match he wanted revenge after losing to him in the semi-finals at Rotterdam last year.īut the 21-year-old, who beat 11th seed Cameron Norrie and sixth seed Felix Auger-Aliassime en route to the last eight, was immediately under the gun. "I had to deal with his groundstrokes, which were coming over the net much heavier and deeper, so that was a task where I really had to put my heart out there and give it my best," he added. "Jiri had a very good tournament, he's started playing very well recently. "It was a very difficult three-setter, one of the most difficult so far in the competition," added Tsitsipas, 24. Novak Djokovic can also achieve the feat if he does the same. "It felt different this time from any other match and the most important thing in the end is that I found a solution," said Tsitsipas, who will become world number one should he win the title. Russia's Khachanov booked his place when American Sebastian Korda retired hurt with a wrist injury while trailing 7-6 (7/5), 6-3, 3-0. He will face the Russian 18th seed Khachanov for a place in his first Melbourne Park final, having crashed in the semis three times previously, including in the past two years. The Greek third seed proved too powerful for unseeded Czech Jiri Lehecka on Rod Laver Arena, storming home 6-3, 7-6 (7/2), 6-4. Stefanos Tsitsipas blasted into a fourth Australian Open semi-final on Tuesday and a showdown with Karen Khachanov as he zeroes in on a maiden Grand Slam title.
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