"Glad I overcame that obstacle" says Tsitsipas after squeezing past Baez

Sebastian Baez is establishing himself as a formidable opponent on hard courts which are quite different from his favoured clay courts and Tsitsipas was happy to escape against the Argentinian.

The Greek sensation became the first top-five men's seed to lose a set this fortnight. The extra court time came after a less than ideal build-up following off-season elbow surgery. He finished it off with a bang to beat Sebastian Baez 7-6(1) 6-7(5) 6-3 6-4 in three hours, 22 minutes on a sun-kissed afternoon at Margaret Court Arena.

Speaking after the match, he said:

"It wasn't easy. I'm glad I overcame that obstacle. Lots of fighting, a bit of swearing, but glad to be in the third round. It was a pretty hot day today but I tried to play with heart, and it paid out in the end."

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Tsitsipas admitted to changing his tactics for the final two sets after being unhappy with how the match was going following the loss of 2nd set. He said:

"I tried to go for my shots a bit more. Certain moments I got a bit lucky with finding the right depth and coming in. On the return, I tried to stay as close to the baseline as possible which cut out time for him and push him back a little more. I think those were some of the things I really tried to work on."

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