Stefanos Tsitsipas, finalist at the Australian Open last year, had a difficult second round to negotiate this Wednesday against the Australian Jordan Thompson. The Greek won in four sets (4-6, 7-6 (6), 6-2, 7-6 (4)).
In the next round, he will face the Frenchman Luca Van Assche, who achieved the feat of eliminating the Italian Lorenzo Musetti.
If he only passed 51% of his first serves, the Greek, finalist in Melbourne last year, managed 13 aces, compared to five for his opponent, 47th in the world, who had several opportunities to take the 4th set .
“It was a very hard fight, it's moments like this that we like to play,” explained the 25-year-old, who reached the last four in Melbourne four times in six appearances.