MELBOURNE : Stefanos Tsitsipas moved into the Australian Open final on Friday, taking a step towards becoming the first Greek world number one, which the third seed said would be the culmination of a boyhood dream.
Backed by the predominantly Greek crowd on Rod Laver Arena, the 24-year-old stormed into the second Grand Slam title clash of his career following Roland Garros in 2021, after a 7-6(2) 6-4 6-7(6) 6-3 win over Russian 18th seed Karen Khachanov."I remember watching (Grand Slam finals) on TV saying to myself, I want to be there one day myself.
I want to recreate that feeling for me," Tsitsipas, who plays favourite Novak Djokovic or Tommy Paul next, told reporters."I knew that's a very long journey to get there.
There are certain steps you have to take to give yourself the chance to be competing for something like this."But I very much believed it.