Stefanos Tsitsipas produced a 60+ winner match against Karen Khachanov in the semi-final to book his place in the final.
He'll have a chance to win his maiden grand slam trophy as well as become world number one. He will only need to defeat Novak Djokovic to do so, a man that has never lost a final at the Australian Open. He'll have a chance, especially if he plays like today.
I thought the forehand was unbelievable, some of the biggest shots I’ve seen, and I’ve watched tennis for a long time. There was one game - at the end of the second set - I’ve never seen a guy hit six or seven winners off the return consistently that hugely and that accurately, but then he choked.
Tsitsipas choked according to McEnroe said as he was up a break in the final set. Even after losing that advantage, he threw away two match points in the tiebreak making the match go for a bit longer than it really should have.
He got tight when he should have won it in three easy sets. I hand it to him that he re-grouped. He showed a lot of composure and maturity, getting the job done. Hats off to both guys. Khachanov has never beaten Tsitsipas, he had lost 20 times in a row to top guys but kept battling. But Stefanos - we have been waiting for his big breakthrough - here is his chance, to win a major and be world No. 1.
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