Stefanos Tsitsipas beat Australia’s Alex De Minaur 2-0 sets and will now face Novak Djokovic in the 3rd round of the Paris Masters tournament.
The game is in the early hours Friday morning (AEST). The Serb, speaking of his Greek opponent said that Stefanos obviously is “one of the best players in the world”.
“He's already an established player. He's all-around player, plays very well on all surfaces”, said Djokovic, who needs to remain 1500 points of Rafael Nadal this week in order to have a chance to surpass the Spaniard at the ATP finals (10-17 November in London).
In women’s tennis, world No 1 Ashleigh Barty was victorious against Petra Kvitova and progressed to the semi-finals of the Shenzhen tournament in China.
Euroleague- easy win for Panathinaikos
In Basketball’s Euroleague and the 6th round, Panathinaikos scored a big win in Athens, 86-70 against Turkish side Anadolou Efes. The Greens are now on the 9th position in the ladder.
Olympiakos plays tomorrow morning. He will be the host to Macabi Tel Aviv.
Soccer: Greek Cup
For the round of “16” and the first leg matches, this morning there were the following matches:
Ialysos- Panetolikos 0-4
Platanias- Asteras Tripolis 0-1
Eolikos- Lamia 0-3
Trikala- Ergotelis 3-2
A League
The matches for the 5th round of the A league start tonight. The schedule is:
Sydney FC- Newcastle (Fri)
Western Sydney- Brisbane (Sat)
Melbourne Victory- Western United (Sat)
Melbourne City – Wellington (Sun)
Perth Glory- Central Coast (Sun)
