Stefanos Tsitsipas on Sunday stunned the defending champion Roger Federer 6-7, 7-6, 7-5, 7-6 in the men’s singles fourth round at the Australian Open 2019. This is the six-time champion’s earliest exit from Melbourne and from any Grand Slam since 2015. The 20-time Grand Slam champion failed to convert any of the 12 break points in the thrilling clash that went on for three hours and 45 minutes. Tsitsipas converted the match point, in the third tiebreak of the match, clinically after Federer slapped a forehand long, forcing a backhand error from the Swiss to ‘become the happiest man on Earth’. After the four-set thriller, the 20-year old Greek, seeded 14, said, “There is no way I can describe it.

Source: Indian Express January 20, 2019 12:24 UTC