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Tsitsipas 5-4 Sinner*
Sinner sees a chance to make it 40-30 but crashes into the net cord. And then, after a long rally, coughs up a break with an overhit. Tsitsipas can serve for the first set.
Tsitsipas* 4-4 Sinner
Two breaks points, three points quickly and Sinner has a way back in. Tsitsipas saves the first. But with a leap, and a crashing backhand, Sinner ties the match. Game on! We may have a long haul ahead.
Tsitsipas 4-3 Sinner*
Sinner isn’t done, and his serve is crackling into gear, too. A decent volley at the net takes him to 40-0. But then, after a lovely rally, he can only chop into the net for 40-30, and there’s danger. Tsitsipas misjudges a forehand and it ends up being a decent hold.
Tsitsipas* 4-2 Sinner
Tsitsipas is finding his eye on serve, and in coming to the net on 30-15, shows off his athleticism. A whipped forehand gives him a stranglehold on the set. The pressure now on the Italian to hold his serve.
Tsitsipas 3-2 Sinner*
It’s not an especially crackling atmosphere on the Rod Laver, and seats nearest the court ate empty but Sinner is getting some support. He wins some applause with a neat, angled drop shot. And then Tsitsipas overcooks his return for a love hold.
Tsitsipas* 3-1 Sinner
It’s been a match of small rallies but a long one takes the Greek to 30-0. Sinner gets to the net for 15-30, but Tsitsipas serves out.
Tsitsipas 2-1 Sinner*
This one is tight, and likely to be for a while yet. Sinner serves out to 30, and gets on the scoreboard.
Tsitsipas* 2-0 Sinner
Sinner strikes back, and races to 0-30. The sun is still beating down at what used to be known as Flinders Park, just near what I recall as quite a spectacular, art-deco station. Tsitsipas is given three break points to save, and does so for the first with a crashing forehand. Two more and it’s deuce. Sinner whips a service return to claim a fourth break point, and that’s saved. It turns out to be a big, early hold for Tsitsipas.
Tsitsipas 1-0 Sinner*
Not a great start for Sinner, which is the usual rule of things, and Tsitsipas has an opening break of serve.
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Welcome to wherever you are, as a great Australian once put it. No Murray time on this middle Sunday as the great Scot has departed after playing about the same amount of hours as it used to take Roger Federer to win the whole tournament. Instead, Stefanos Tsitsipas takes on Italy’s Jannik Sinner. The Greek is yet to achieve legendary status, and wants to break his duck of being in the last three semis but never reaching the final. Sinner meanwhile, was a quarter -finalist last year, as he was in all four Slams, and lost to Sasha Zverev in the last eight.
After this one, Azarenka, who won this title ten years ago, her second, and she takes on Zhu Lin, who is at the furthest point she has ever reached in this or any Grand Slam.
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