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Stefanos Tsitsipas reached the semi-finals in 2019 and 2021| Dates:17-30 January Venue: Melbourne Park |
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Fourth seed Stefanos Tsitsipas overcame Argentina's Sebastian Baez in four sets to reach the third round of the Australian Open in Melbourne.
The 23-year-old Greek lost a second-set tie-break but went on to win 7-6 (7-1) 6-7 (5-7) 6-3 6-4 in three hours 22 minutes on Margaret Court Arena.
Tsitsipas, a two-time semi-finalist at Melbourne Park, hit 44 winners and served 12 aces on his way to victory.
He faces the winner of Grigor Dimitrov against Benoit Paire.
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Meanwhile, fifth seed Andrey Rublev is yet to drop a set in Melbourne after seeing off Lithuania's Ricardas Berankis 6-4 6-2 6-0.
The 24-year-old Russian will face Croatia's Marin Cilic next after the former US Open champion defeated qualifier Norbert Gombos 6-2 6-3 3-6 7-6 (8-6).
Australian prospect Alex de Minaur, 22, made it through in front of the Rod Laver Arena crowd with a comfortable 6-4 6-4 6-4 win over Poland's Kamil Majchrzak.
Taylor Fritz won an all-American tie against Frances Tiafoe 6-4 6-3 7-6 (7-5) to set up a meeting with Spanish 16th seed Roberto Bautista Agut, who beat Germany's Philipp Kohlschreiber 6-1 6-0 6-3.
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