Australian Open final will be found Stefanos Tsitsipascontinuing their amazing journey to the first Grand Slam of the year.

Defeated Greek champion with a score of 3-1 (7-6, 6-4, 6-7, 6-3) of Russian Karen Khachanov and will face the winner of the pair Novak Djokovic – Tommy Paul in Sunday’s grand final, with the Serbian star being the main favorite in the second semi-final.

This is Tsitsipas’ second Grand Slam final after his appearance in the 2021 Roland Garros final, where he faced Djokovic again, losing 3-2 sets.

Two tennis players in the first set “walked” … hand in hand until the 6th game. Tsitsipas kept his serve and led 4-3, then broke his opponent and led 5-3. And serving at a score of 1:0, he started with two “double faults” and gave Katsanov the opportunity to “react” to the breaks and re-enter the match (4:5).

Although he seemed to lose focus a little, the 24-year-old champion managed to show his class in the tie-break, he lost only 2 points and 7-6 (2) took the first set and took the lead (1-0). . And how many times in the past Tsitsipas managed to get ahead, in the end he celebrated.

In 26 (including today’s) matches played by him in the main draw of the Australian Open throughout his career, Tsitsipas has never lost after winning the first set. In total, he won it 15 times in the tournament and now he has 15 out of 15 victories on his account. On the contrary, having lost the first set, he survived the defeat 5 times!

8 games in the second set there was a perfect balance. As in the first, Tsitsipas and Katsanov kept their serves light or hard (4-4), while the Greek champion hit on the 9th to take a significant 5-4 lead. He served with a score of 2:0 and this time did not give the Russian the opportunity to “answer”, and with a score of 6:4 he laid the foundation for reaching the final.

In the midst of psychology, Tsitsipas broke up … with her good morning third set and led 3:1, hoping to make the score 3:0. And while he had a serve to win, Katsanov reacted and equalized the score 5-5, which later became even more interesting.

The Russian “took the upper hand” and led 6-5, Tsitsipas equalized the score and everything was decided in a tie-break. Where the 24-year-old tennis player led 6-4 and had two chances to close the match, however, Katsanov managed to turn the tide and cut it from 8-6 to 2-1 and re-enter the competition.

And while Katsanov had momentum in the game, Tsitsipas entered decided in the 4th set. With a quick break and after holding the serve, he took the lead 3-0, keeping the situation in his hands. And this time he was completely consistent in his appointment and with a score of 6-3 reached 3-1 and was adored by the audience at the Rod Laver Arena.