Greek tennis heartthrob, Stefanos Tsitsipas, hasn’t looked the same after winning the Dubai Tennis Championships earlier this year. Following that emphatic title triumph, he faced an early exit at the ‘Sunshine Doubles’, and then, even on clay, he has had a disappointing outing this season. The 2021 finalist recently got knocked out of the French Open at the hands of Italy’s Matteo Gigante. The Italian qualifier captured his maiden Top 20 win by defeating Tsitsipas by 6-4,5-7,6-2,6-4. Following this defeat, the Greek called in for a massive change in his team. What is that change, though?
Well, following this exit from the Roland Garros, Tsitsipas said, “Disappointing ending to this match. I expected more from myself in these two weeks, so being eliminated from a tournament like this so early definitely hurts, and I will try to reflect and see the specific things that went wrong and work around them.” Having said that, he also mentioned, “I feel like my experience stabs me. I still want to be the best player in the world and I still want to achieve great things around this sport I chose to play. My focus and concentration are always on trying to improve any aspect of my game. I am an optimistic person. I don’t want to make excuses or anything like that, so all my attention is focused on how we can reach solutions, resolve certain things.”
In order to resolve those things and bring out his best version, he has now brought in Novak Djokovic’s former coach, Goran Ivanisevic in his team. Although the collaboration has no duration and will initially be a trial, as per the reports. This is a major boost ahead of his campaign at the Halle tournament in the next month.
Tennis – French Open – Roland Garros, Paris, France – June 2, 2024 Greece’s Stefanos Tsitsipas reacts during his fourth round match against Italy’s Matteo Arnaldi REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes
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