Rafael Nadal tennis season

Stefanos Tsitsipas advanced το the second round of the Australian Open on Monday with a 5-7, 6-1, 6-1, 6-3 win over Zizou Bergs of Belgium. The Greek champion lost last year's Australian final to Novak Djokovic in three sets.

MELBOURNE - Serbian tennis star Novak Djokovic was on Thursday drawn to play a qualifier in the Australian Open first round.

In the potential second round, reigning champion Djokovic will most likely face Australian Alexei Popyrin, who will play compatriot and wild card holder Marc Polmans in the first round.

Greek seventh seed Stefanos Tsitsipas returns a shot to Milos Raonic, of Canada, during the first round of the US Open tennis championships, Monday, in New York. Tsitsipas beat Raonic in straight sets 6-2 6-3 6-4. [AP]

PARIS - Serbia's top-ranked tennis player Novak Djokovic is through to the Roland Garros semi-finals after beating Russia's Karen Khachanov 4-6, 7-6 (7-0), 6-4, 6-2 on Tuesday.

Djokovic is now 9-1 head-to-head against Khachanov.

In his 12th career Roland Garros semi-final, Djokovic will face the winner of the tie between Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz and Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas.

Stefanos Tsitsipas reached the quarterfinals of the Barcelona Open by defeating Danis Shapovalov 6-3, 6-2 on Thursday.

The second-seeded Greek saved both break points he faced against the Canadian to move to 18-5 for the season.

MELBOURNE - Serbia's top-ranked tennis player Novak Djokovic is through to the Australian Open final after defeating American Tommy Paul 7-5, 6-1, 6-2 on Friday.

Justifying the role of favourite against Paul, Djokovic won another match in Melbourne without losing a set.

He suffered his only blip of the tie at the end of the first set, when he let slip a 5-1 lead.

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.

Greek third seed Stefanos Tsitsipas in action against Russian 18th seed Karen Khachanov during their men's semi final match at the 2023 Australian Open tennis tournament at Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Friday. Tsitsipas blazed his way into the final with a 7-6(2) 6-4 6-7(6) 6-3 win where he will meet either favorite Novak Djokovic or Tommy Paul for the title. [EPA]

In an electric four-set match, Nick Kyrgios proved too much for 2021 US Open champion and No. 1 seed Daniil Medvedev, advancing to his first US Open quarterfinals, 7-6(11), 3-6, 6-3, 6-2.
It was the Australian's fourth win in five career encounters with Medvedev, and his second straight after a 6-7(2), 6-4, 6-2 second-round match last month in Montreal.

Rafael Nadal defeated close friend Richard Gasquet for the 18th time to reach the U.S. Open fourth round as world number one Iga Swiatek made the last 16 for a second successive year.

Four-time champion Nadal took his record over Gasquet to a perfect 18-0 with a 6-0, 6-1, 7-5 victory to stay on course for a 23rd Grand Slam title.