"The French people have Roland Garros; the Brits have Wimbledon; the Americans have US Open": Tsitsipas sees Australian Open as home slam

Stefanos Tsitsipas declares the Australian Open his home slam as the huge Greek diaspora in the country heavily supports him each year when he's there.

Tsitsipas always loved coming to Australia due to the country hosting a lot of people of Greek descent. A lot of them come to his matches and support him heavily which has helped him over the years. He staged a comeback against both Federer and Nadal from two sets down and he credits the fans as a huge part of that.

Speaking at the post-match conference, Tsitsipas said:

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"It feels very welcoming when you're able to walk around and feel that. It's for sure my home slam, I would consider that, yes, 'cause Melbourne is the second-biggest city after Athens with the biggest Greek population. I would consider it my home slam. The French people have Roland Garros, the Brits have Wimbledon, the Americans have US Open. For me it's the Australian Open."

He added:

"Another plus is wherever I look I see Greek faces, I see Greek people speaking Greek. Of course, it's very important when you're far away from home to have that sort of feeling, to connect even more with the culture that you're at."

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