- Valiant Sydneysider loses intense struggle 4-6, 7-6, 6-2, 7-6
- World No 7 draws on support from Melbourne’s Greek diaspora
Melbourne Park darling Stefanos Tsitsipas has ended the Australian Open run of Jordan Thompson with a scintillating 4-6, 7-6, 6-2, 7-6 victory in the second round on Wednesday night.
The world No 7 did not have it all his own way against the Sydneysider, who was close to taking a two-sets-to-love lead in a critical tiebreak, and had four chances to tie the match at two sets. But Tsitsipas survived intense pressure from the dangerous world No 47, securing the result in four nail-biting sets, over three hours and 37 minutes.