Tennis-Wonder shot helps Tsitsipas into second round in Melbourne

Tennis - Australian Open - Melbourne Park, Melbourne, Australia - January 15, 2024 Greece's Stefanos Tsitsipas celebrates after winning his first round match against Belgium's Zizou Bergs REUTERS/Edgar Su

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Stefanos Tsitsipas produced an extraordinary, balletic shot at a clutch moment in his opening match at the Australian Open on Monday to help him past lucky loser Zizou Bergs and into the second round.

The Greek seventh seed had lost the opening set to the world number 129 on Rod Laver Arena but had grabbed a break point at the start of the second when his Belgian opponent sent the ball just over the net.