Stefanos Tsitsipas did not raise his head. The Greek continued to chain hit after hit, and this Thursday he added the last one in the tournament of Tokyo.
The former Roland Garros and Australian Open finalist says goodbye for the first time after losing in surprising fashion to American Alex Michelsen, from the qualifying phase, 4-6, 6-1, 6-2.
In a single victory on the circuit in more than two monthsTsitsipas still hasn’t found the key to regaining the level that brought him to the elite of world tennis.
Just a month ago he made the drastic decision to dismiss the services of his father, Apostolos, as coach. “It is with great regret that I inform you that my collaboration with my father as a coach has come to an end.. “I prefer to keep my father in his role as a father, and only as a father,” he announced on his Twitter account.
This is the second time this has happened since they started together when Stefanos was young.. This already happened in the summer of 2023, when he removed his father in favor of the Australian Mark Philippoussis. It did not take long to undo the movement, which is now repeated, although there is no one as a technical replacement.
“My father has been working hard these past years to train me, raise me the right way and give me knowledge and wisdom, on and off the court. I thank him for that. I thank him for the sacrifices, pain and hardships he endured to make this effort successful. Henceforth, his role would remain within the limits of the father, and that alone“.
The next appointment for the Greek tennis player is, next week, the Shanghai Masters 1000.
Source: La Verdad
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