Today 27/1, Australia expanded 2023 on the twelfth competition with matches in the semi -finals of men's singles. In the semi -final 1, the No. 4 seed Stefanos Tsitsipas has the number of seeds at 18 Karen Khachanov. On Rod Laver, there was no surprise that happened when the more appreciated player won.
Entering set 1, the two players create a fairly balanced game. Tsitsipas is the first break in game 4 to lead 3-1. However, Khachanov also immediately reclaimed the break in game 5 to level the gap.
Up to 2 hinges 8 and 9 games, the two players exchanged the break. After that, they drew 6-6 in game 12 and had to enter the brain tie-break series. Here, Tsitsipas had 2 mini-breaks compared to 1 of Khachanov, thereby winning with a score of 7-2.
Leading 1 set, Tsitsipas continued to play flowers in Set 2. In the first serve of Khachanov, Tsitsipas has caused many difficulties for the opponent when there are 3 chances to win the break, but do not take advantage of success.
However, the No. 3 seed then still took the right to self -determination in this set. In game 9 hinges, he played excellently to successfully break the game of the opponent. Sang game 10, the Greek star did not make any mistakes to set a 6-4 victory.
Losing the first 2 sets, Khachanov rising strongly in Set 3. In this set, the Russian player continued to lose the break early. However, he reclaimed Break successfully in Game 10 and once again put Tsitsipas into the tie-break series. Unlike set 1, Khachanov played bravery to win the 8-6 button.
However, the seed No. 18 cannot come back successfully. Even in Set 4, Tsitsipas showed a superior level. He won the break early in Game 2 and took advantage of the end to win 6-3.
In the end, Tsitsipas defeated Khachanov after 4 sets with 7-6 (2), 6-4, 6-7 (6), 6-3. This result also helps the Greek player to officially win tickets to the Australian finals to expand 2023. This is also the second time he has been in a Grand Slam final.
