• No 14 seed wins 6-7 (11), 7-6 (3), 7-5, 7-6 (5)
• Tsitsipas will face Roberto Bautista-Agut in quarters
Roger Federer, who was the oldest player left in the men’s draw at 37, gave his blessing to the youngest, 20-year-old Stefanos Tsitsipas, after the Greek prodigy beat him to reach his first quarter-final of a slam and declared himself, “the happiest man on earth”.
The eminent loser – a six-time Australian champion reaching for his third here in a row – was happy for him too, although he later riled at John McEnroe’s on-court suggestion that Tsitsipas’s 6-7 (11), 7-6 (3), 7-5, 7-6 (5) win in three hours and 45 minutes represented a changing of the guard.
Written by Kevin Mitchell at Melbourne Park
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/jan/20/australian-open-stefanos-tsitsipas-beats-roger-federer under the title “Stefanos Tsitsipas stuns Roger Federer in four-set Australian Open thriller”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
