MELBOURNE : Greek third seed Stefanos Tsitsipas described the Australian Open as his 'home slam', saying the conditions in Melbourne remind him of the Attic Peninsula.Tsitsipas, a three-time semi-finalist at the Australian Open, reached the quarter-finals on Sunday after he held firm to beat Italy's Janni
MELBOURNE : Greek third seed Stefanos Tsitsipas described the Australian Open as his"home slam", saying the conditions in Melbourne remind him of the Attic Peninsula.
The 24-year-old was cheered on by his compatriots in the crowd, who showed their support by waving Greece's flag and chanting about their tennis idol. "The conditions are similar. It's not very humid, it's not very tropical. I can say it's similar to the Athenian Riviera."
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