Update: Stefanos Tsitsipas Battles Back Nadal and Book his place In The Semi-Finals

AUSTRALIAN OPEN – ‘PHENOMENAL’ STEFANOS TSITSIPAS ROARS BACK TO STUN RAFAEL NADAL AND REACH SEMIS

The hotly-anticipated quarter-final clash between Rafael Nadal and Stefanos Tsitsipas looked for two sets as though it was a hopelessly one-sided disappointment, before a remarkable comeback from the Greek sparked it to life.

Tsitsipas eventually triumphed in a five-set classic at Melbourne Park to reach the semi-finals.

An inspired Stefanos Tsitsipas roared back from two sets down to defeat Rafael Nadal and clinch his place in the semi-finals of the 2021 Australian Open.

𝐖𝐇𝐀𝐓. 𝐀. 𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐄𝐁𝐀𝐂𝐊.

Stefanos Tsitsipas battles back to beat Rafa Nadal and book his place in the #AusOpen semi-final 💪

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It was a quite incredible resurgence from Tsitsipas as he produced a classic fightback to win, 3-6 2-6 7-6 6-4 7-5, and deny Nadal another last-four appearance at Melbourne Park.

While the match appeared to be destined for a final set tie-break, the Greek suddenly broke Nadal’s serve in decisive fashion to lead 6-5 and he duly served out the match in style.

 TODAY’S PERFORMANCE, I STARTED NERVOUS, I DON’T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED. I FLEW LIKE A LITTLE BIRD, EVERYTHING WAS WORKING FOR ME. THE EMOTIONS AT THE END ARE INDESCRIBABLE.

“Holding my nerves is important having failed to do so in some of my matches. I would give a big part of my win to being consistent with my mood and staying calm.