Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas denied he was injured in his comments after losing to Italian Jannik Sinner, 6-4, 6-4, on the first day of the ATP Finals in Turin.
“Nothing, as far as I know. I’m good and I’m ready to play in the tournament. It’s one of the most important tournaments of the year for me. I’m healthy to compete,” said the Athenian, asked about how little he had trained in recent days . even leaving work with Carlos Alcaraz in the middle of the eve of its premiere.
It was Sunday afternoon. Forty-eight hours later, Tsitsipas left the court after playing three games, seventeen minutes, against the Dane Holger Rune, the 2-1 winner of this match. Officially, the Nordic got the victory by two sets to zero and 0-0 in the games for the classification of the Green Group.
Tsitsipas will not play again at the Pala Alpitour in Turin, giving up his place to Polish Hubert Hurkacz in Thursday’s session, as rival Novak Djokovic, who has a chance this Tuesday to mathematically seal his place in the semifinals if he loses . Jannik Sinner in the day game at night. Starting at 9 pm.
The 17-minute competition between Tsitsipas and Rune translated into the distribution of half a million dollars in prize money. The Scandinavian scored 471,375, for a total of 634,125 so far in the tournament. In three games he added 390,000 for the victory and 81,375 for covering the second match in the group stage.
Tsitsipas, who pocketed 162,750 on the first day, collected $81,375 for attending his second match. He loses everything if he unsubscribes before the event. Yes, they don’t have 85,000 more, the participation rate to complete covering the entire group stage. With a maximum of 325,500, he was left with 244,125.
Tsitsipas, who was dismissed due to a back injury, explained that “the doctors, after countless visits these days, suggested that I play, they gave me the green light to play, to try for myself. They left it in my hands, according to my feelings. And “Unfortunately, I felt terrible in court. I don’t want to retire from a game, it kills me to have to leave it.”
He apologized to the fans and stressed that he was “devastated. It’s also a shame not to leave the position to another teammate.” He surrendered, perhaps late, the place to the Polish Hubert Hurkacz, first reserve as number nine in the world.
Source: La Verdad
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