Tennis - Australian Open - Melbourne Park, Melbourne, Australia - January 20, 2022 Greece's Stefanos Tsitsipas in action during his second round match against Argentina's Sebastian Baez REUTERS/Morgan Sette
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - World number four Stefanos Tsitsipas was made to work hard by Sebastian Baez on Thursday before raising his game to beat the upcoming Argentinian 7-6(1) 6-7(5) 6-3 6-4 and reach the third round of the Australian Open.
In the first clash between two former world number one juniors, Tsitsipas - a two-time Australian Open semi-finalist - dominated proceedings early on but the 21-year-old Baez, ranked 88th and making his Grand Slam debut, then showed why he is rated so highly.
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