Australian Open 2022: Tsitsipas beats Fritz in epic, Cornet outlasts Halep– as it happened

The Greek player reached the quarter-finals by holding off the American on a day Daniil Medvedev also went through in straight sets

Meanwhile, both of the men’s fourth-rounders have gone into tie-breaks for the second set. Cressy nearly broke Medvedev to take it 7-5, but the Russian held on.

Maybe the switch has flicked again? Cornet plays a barnstorming game to hold her serve to deuce, and level up the set again at 2-2. Impressive. She’s still nowhere near it when Halep serves though, just can’t get into the points, Halep dictating placement until Cornet makes errors.

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