Former world quantity three Stefanos Tsitsipas says his father Apostolos will not be his coach.
The 25-year-old from Greece, ranked eleventh on the earth, was important of his father’s teaching strategies after dropping to Japan’s former world quantity 4 Kei Nishikori within the second spherical of the Canadian Open on Thursday.
Tsitsipas, saying the top of the teaching relationship, stated the choice “to let this chapter and this part shut” was taken by mutual settlement.
He added his father would proceed to journey with him to supply assist and help off the court docket.
“It’s with a heavy coronary heart that I inform you that my co-operation with my father as a coach has come to an finish,” Tsitsipas stated on X.
“I desire to maintain my father in his position as a father, and solely as a father.”
After dropping to Nishikori, who’s ranked 576th on the earth, Tsitsipas stated he was “actually disenchanted”, exterior in his father as regards to listening to him and offering suggestions.
Tsitsipas, who’s a former runner-up on the Australian Open and French Open, indicated he felt remorse about his post-match feedback.
“I realised I used to be improper to speak to my father the best way I did,” Tsitsipas added on Friday.
“I’ve trusted my father with the teaching position for thus a few years and I contemplate our partnership a hit.
“I am undecided who will take over, and I am not able to resolve but.”
