McEnroe hails 'unbelievable' Tsitsipas after booking spot in Australian Open Final: "Some of the biggest shots I’ve seen, and I’ve watched tennis for a long time"

John McEnroe has hailed Stefanos Tsitsipas for his incredible performance against Karen Khachanov praising his shot-making as he blasted 60+ winners.

Tsitsipas played the best match of the event against Khachanov in the semi-final and it was a perfect time for that. McEnroe watched that match in the role of a tennis analyst for ESPN and he praised the Greek player on Eurosport after the match. McEnroe was mostly impressed by his ability to his some amazing winners:

"I thought the forehand was unbelievable, some of the biggest shots I’ve seen, and I’ve watched tennis for a long time. There was one game - at the end of the second set - I’ve never seen a guy hit six or seven winners off the return consistently that hugely and that accurately, but then he choked."

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The legendary player continued:

"He got tight when he should have won it in three easy sets. I hand it to him that he re-grouped. He showed a lot of composure and maturity, getting the job done. Hats off to both guys. Khachanov has never beaten Tsitsipas, he had lost 20 times in a row to top guys but kept battling. But Stefanos - we have been waiting for his big breakthrough - here is his chance, to win a major and be world No. 1.”

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