Stefanos Tsitsipas was at a loss to explain his performance after being completely outclassed by Rafael Nadal in the Australian Open semi-final on Friday. The 20-year-old conqueror of Roger Federer could not believe he won just six games in his first Grand Slam semi-final, humiliated in 106 minutes 6-2, 6-4, 6-0. Rampaging bull Nadal has brushed opponents aside at will in Melbourne this year, shattering the dreams of three NextGen stars in a massive statement that the 32-year-old 17-times Grand Slam champion is back fit and firing. "Honestly, I have no idea what I can take from that match," a despondent Tsitsipas said.

"I wasn't even close to getting something. I only got six games from that match," added the 14th seed, who has now gone deeper into a Slam than any other Greek player in history. Tsitsipas has lost all three of his matches against Nadal, but said this was something different against a man who has not dropped a set in cruising into a final against Lucas Pouille or Novak Djokovic, who play Friday.