With his victory over him Karen Katsanoff, Stefanos Tsitsipas He “exorcised the curse” of the semi-finals of the Australian Open. On Sunday (January 29, 10:30 AM GMT), he will try to do the same, this time in the final, facing one of the “Big Three”, in this case the “bad demon”. Novak Djokovic.

Early on Friday morning (01/27), the 24-year-old Greek champion defeated Karen Katsanov in the first semi-final of the first major Grand Slam of the season in 3-1 sets.

With this victory, he ended a bad tradition he had in the past, when he reached “4” of the tournament, counting three defeats in the same number of matches, in 2019 to Rafael Nadal and two in a row to Daniil Medvedev in 2021 and 2022.

Ahead, on Sunday morning, he will have another serious test. To stop the negative tradition, he finds one of Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic against him in the final match.

The best Greek tennis player of all time will play for the 10th time against an opponent from the Big Three, “carrying” his negative record of 0-9 so far! And, in fact, of the 9 defeats that he suffered, 5 (the last three in a row) fall on tomorrow’s opponent Novak Djokovic.

Year Tournament score of opponent

2018 Barcelona Open Rafael Nadal 2:0 (6:2, 6:1)

2018 Canadian Open Rafael Nadal 2:0 (6:2, 7:6 (4)

2019 Dubai Tournament Roger Federer 2-0 (6-4, 6-4)

2019 Madrid Open Novak Djokovic 2:0 (6:3, 6:4)

2020 Dubai Tournament Novak Djokovic 2-0 (6-3, 6-4)

2021 Barcelona Open Rafael Nadal 2:1 (4:6, 7:6 (6), 7:5)

2021 Roland Garros Novak Djokovic 3-2 (6-7(6), 2-6, 6-3, 6-2, 6-4)

2022 Rome Open Novak Djokovic 2:0 (6:0, 7:6 (7)

2022 Astana Open Novak Djokovic 2-0 (6-3, 6-4)