Stefanos Tsitsipas will be playing in the Australian Open semifinals once again after he defeated Jiri Lehecka in the quarterfinals.
The 24-year-old started the 2023 season well already during the off-season. He won the Mubadala World Tennis Championship and never lost a match since. Tsitsipas defeated Grigor Dimitrov, David Goffin, Borna Coric and Matteo Berrettini at the United Cup and he continues the winning streak also in Melbourne.
After beating Quentin Halys, Rinky Hijikata, Tallon Griekspoor, and Jannik Sinner, he took on Jiri Lehecka, who played his first quarterfinal match at a Grand Slam.
The Greek started well when he got a break already in the second game and kept his advantage throughout the set to win it 6-3 in just 37 minutes.
The second set was much closer. The Czech player had five break points, but he couldn't use any of those, and so the set was decided in a tie-break. World no. 4 prevailed once again, winning it 7-2.
Lehecka had his chances in the third set again, having three break points in the seventh game. But once again, Tsitsipas showed his qualities to win the match in three sets, 6-3, 7-6(2), 6-4, and set up a semifinal clash with Karen Khachanov. After the match, he said:
"It felt different this time from any other match, but the most important thing, in the end, is that I found a solution. I think Jiri had a very good tournament, and I wish him the very best."
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