A pair of curious seagulls briefly interrupted play as Tsitsipas tried to serve out the third set, with Thompson permitting him to take his first serve once more.
The Australian repeatedly gestured to his field as the sport started to slide away within the fourth set, earlier than he saved two match factors on Tsitsipas’ serve at 5-4.
Thompson, who beat 22-time main champion Rafael Nadal on his path to the Brisbane Worldwide semi-finals, held serve and had 4 possibilities to power a fifth and deciding set however couldn’t convert, earlier than shedding the tiebreak.
Tsitsipas subsequent faces Frenchman Luca Van Assche, a 6-3 3-6 7-6 (7-5) 6-3 6-0 winner over Italian No.25 seed Lorenzo Musetti.