Tennis
Tsitsipas: ‘Proud of me, I was consistent in key moments of the game’
Stefanos Tsitsipas, in his testimonies in court immediately after the game with Fritz ended, stated that he was proud of his performance as he managed to be consistent in key moments of the game.
Stefanos Tsitsipas scored a great win over Taylor Fritz and secured qualification for the quarterfinals of the Australian Open where he will face Yannick Sinner.
The Greek champions (world No. 4) said the game with Fritz was epic, he was proud of his performance as he remained consistent at critical moments of the game.
At the same time, he avoided listing himself as a favourite, while explaining that for not understanding where he was winning, that was good because he was committed to the game.
Details of Stefanos Tsitsipas testimonies in court: About the game: ” An epic match I can say. I gave everything on the pitch, I’m proud of myself. I stayed consistent in key moments of the game. The stadium burned. It was too good to be true“.
For his opponent: “I knew it was going to be a tough match in terms of strength. I wanted to stay in the game so as not to give up patience. The audience was by my side. I felt that he was by my side and they supported me in difficult times. It was important to have that support, I think I made up for it.”.
About being one of the tournament favourites: “I do not know anything. I don’t deal with it. I’m looking at my work, forgive me for that. I can’t organize my thoughts because of tiredness“.
For being left behind and taking the balls and not realizing he’d won the set: “I don’t know, it wasn’t the first time. That’s good because I’m concentrating on the next point“.
For sinners: “He’s very good, he’s been playing very well lately. He’s been playing great tennis lately. I’m looking forward to the recovery mMai to use my break to be ready for the game“.
Source: sport24
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Tennis
Ostapenko withdrew. Lyudmila Kichenok reaches semi-finals without competing in Adelaide
Ukrainian tennis player Lyudmila Kichenok Doubles reached the semi-finals without a fight in the tough tournament WTA 500 in AdelaideAustralia.
In the quarter-finals, the Ukrainian player and her US partner Desiree Krawczyk had to play against the first seed. Alena Ostapenko (Latvia) and Xie Shuwei (Chinese Taipei).
However, the meeting will not be held due to Ostapenko’s withdrawal. On January 13, Alena was unable to complete her Adelaide 1/16 singles final match against Tereza Valentova due to neck/shoulder problems.
Ostapenko refused to continue against her Czech opponent with scores of 5:7 and 2:3, losing the 5:0 advantage in the first match.
Kichenok and Krawczyk will race Eja Muhammad and Erin Rutliff or Ellen Perez and Demi Schurs in the semi-finals of the 500 in Adelaide. At the beginning of the competition, Lyudmila and Desiree beat the Irina Khromacheva / Alexandra Panova duet.
Source: Sport UA
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Tennis
Russian Pridankina reached the second round of Australian Open qualifying
Russian tennis player Elena Pridankina made it to the second round of qualifying for the Australian Open.
Pridankina beat Frenchwoman Diane Parry in two sets with a score of 6:3, 6:2. The meeting lasted 1 hour 29 minutes.
The Russian’s next opponent will be the winner of the match between Harry Dart (Great Britain) and Lanlana Tararude (Thailand).
In another match of the first round of qualifying, another representative of Russia, Polina Yatsenko, lost to Argentinean Maria Lourdes Carla – 3:6, 3:6.
The Australian Open main draw matches start on January 18.
Source: Sportbox
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Tennis
The last season of my career. Monfils leaves Auckland after failing to defend trophy
French tennis player and husband of Elina Svitolina Gael Monfils (ATP 110) performance at the ATP 250 challenging tournament held in Auckland, New Zealand.
The French lost in three sets in the first round Fabian Marozan (Hungary, ATP 52) 2 hours 2 minutes.
ATP 250 Auckland. Difficult, 1/16 final
Fabian Marozan (Hungary) – Gael Monfils (France) – 5:7, 6:3, 6:4
Monfils played head to head with Marozan for the fourth time and lost to the Hungarian for the second time.
Gael failed to defend last year’s trophy on Auckland courts. The 39-year-old Frenchman is in the last season of his career.
Marozan will face second place Kasper Ruud in the second round of the competition.
Photo gallery of the match
Source: Sport UA
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