Tennis - Australian Open - Melbourne Park, Melbourne, Australia - January 18, 2022 Greece's Stefanos Tsitsipas celebrates winning his first round match against Sweden's Mikael Ymer REUTERS/Asanka Brendon Ratnayake
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Greek world number four Stefanos Tsitsipas put on a clinical show against familiar opponent Mikael Ymer of Sweden during a 6-2 6-4 6-3 victory in the opening round of his Australian Open campaign on Tuesday.
Tsitsipas said he considered himself one of the best on hardcourts with nine-time Australian Open winner and world number one Novak Djokovic deported from the country over his COVID-19 vaccination status and no longer in the mix.
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