Stephanos Tsitsipas (ranked 4th in the world, Greece) settled in the semifinals of the men’s singles at the Australian Open tennis tournament (total prize money 76.5 million Australian dollars, about 66.26 billion won) for the third consecutive year.
Tsitsipas easily defeated Jirzy Lehecka in the men’s singles quarterfinals on the ninth day of the tournament held in Melbourne, Australia on the 24th. did. 카지노
With this victory, Chichipas reached the semifinals of the Australian Open for the third consecutive year following 2019, 2021 and 2022. It is his fourth career semifinal appearance.
Tsitsipas now competes with Karen Khachanov (20th in the world, Russia) to advance to the finals. Khachanov advanced to the semifinals after winning a victory over Sebastian Koda (31st in the world, USA) in the previous match.
Tsitsipas was strong against Khachanov. We met 5 times and won all of them. If Tsitsipas defeats Khachanov again and reaches the final, he will be in the Australian Open final for the first time.
Khachanov, the silver medalist in men’s singles tennis at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, will also try to reach the final of the first Australian Open. His best performance at the Australian Open before this tournament was the third round. However, Khachanov succeeded in advancing to the semifinals in two consecutive major tournaments following last year’s US Open.
In the women’s singles, last year’s Wimbledon champion Elena Rivakina (world number 25, Kazakhstan) defeated Yelena Ostapenko (world number 17, Latvia) 2-0 (6-2 6-4) to advance to the semifinals. It was her first individual Australian Open semifinal appearance.
Rivakina will face Victoria Azaranka (World No. 24, Belarus), who defeated Jessica Pegula (World No. 3, USA) 2-0 (6-4, 6-1) on the same day.
In the round of 16, Rivakina defeated Iga Sibiontech (World No. 1, Poland), 2-0 (6-4 6-4), and even captured Ostapenko in the round of 16. He met Ostapenko twice and lost both times, but her fight on the day marked her first head-to-head victory.
Meanwhile, Azaranka is a 34-year-old veteran who reached the top of the Australian Open singles in 2012 and 2013. She said he and Rivakina met once at the BNP Paris Open in March last year.