Georgian top seed Nikoloz Basilashvili beat Italy’s Stefano Travaglia 3:6, 6:3, 3:6, 6:4, 6:3 in 1/32 final of Australian Open. In the third round Nikoloz will face Greece’s Stefanos Tsitsipas who is world No.15. It will be a tough match for Basilashvili.
The Georgian served 9 aces and made 12 double faults. He made 7 from 13 breaks and the Italian – 6 from 10.
Basilashvili defended 90 ranking points and earned 105 000 USD. At this time he is in the 18th place in “live ranking”.
Nikoloz and Stefanos will face each other for the first time in their career. The match will be held on January 18. Stefanos defeated Viktor Troicki 6:3, 2:6, 6:2, 7:5. 20-year-old Tsitsipas has won 2 ATP, 1 Challenger and 3 ITF tournaments.
