By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Thursday August 8, 2024
Stefanos Tsitsipas suffered a irritating loss to Kei Nishikori on Thursday in Montreal, and afterwards the Greek spoke to media and stated that he felt like he wasn’t capable of hit the ball via the courtroom throughout his 6-4 6-4 loss towards the previous World No.4.
Tsitsipas stated he made a string change over the previous few days however nonetheless felt like his ball was “useless” and “going nowhere” throughout Thursday’s second-round loss to Nishikori.
Calling out Apostolos
Tsitsipas stated the issue has been occurring for 5 days now, and took some pictures at his father and coach Apostolos for not proactively serving to him clear up the issue.
“I’ve been complaining to my coach about it for the final 4 or 5 days,” he stated. “That was additionally the rationale I had a confrontation with him through the match. For me an ATP 1000 match is a crucial match and for me I want and I deserve a coach that listens to me and hears my suggestions as a participant,” he stated.
Oh, Kei 🙌
The second @keinishikori surprised Stefanos Tsitsipas to develop into the lowest-ranked participant into the final 16 at a Masters 1000 since 2004! #OBN24 pic.twitter.com/kmnTaSfti3
— Tennis TV (@TennisTV) August 8, 2024
Clearly Tsitsipas, in a blended zone with a number of reporters round him, was able to take some pictures at his father, and he did simply that.
“My father hasn’t been very sensible or excellent at dealing with these conditions, making an attempt to alleviate what’s occurring contained in the courtroom – that’s actually poor efficiency and it is not the primary time he has carried out that. I’m actually disenchanted.”
“I actually do not know proper now if I would contemplate any adjustments, however I am very disenchanted as a result of crucial factor for a participant with a coach is to have direct and good suggestions, and to hava a coach that listens to the participant. The coach isn’t the one holding a racket. The participant is the one that’s making an attempt to execute a sport plan and making an attempt to make issues occur on the tennis courtroom. I’ve energy in a point however It is also a collaborative work that you just put in collectively. It must be reciprocal to ensure that me to attempt to develop my tennis. It is one thing that I actually do not need to keep stagnant at.”
Watch footage of Tsitsipas’ interview beneath:
