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 by means of the court docket 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 taking place for 5 days now, and took some photographs 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 throughout 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 shocked 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 photographs at his father, and he did simply that.
“My father hasn’t been very good or superb at dealing with these conditions, attempting to alleviate what’s taking place contained in the court docket – that’s actually poor efficiency and it isn’t the primary time he has performed that. I’m actually disillusioned.”
“I actually do not know proper now if I would think about any modifications, however I am very disillusioned as a result of an important 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 is just not the one holding a racket. The participant is the one that’s attempting to execute a recreation plan and attempting to make issues occur on the tennis court docket. I’ve energy in some extent 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 wish to keep stagnant at.”
Watch footage of Tsitsipas’ interview under:
