Stefanos Tsitsipas It is mathematically consummated for what should be a sporting disaster, although it is still the narrative of a death predicted by observing his gradual fall in a very complicated time for him.
Parting with his coach from his childhood, leaving his father aside, was not easy Apostlethis second time without returning as in the summer of 2023. Nor does that measure an immediate balm to its trajectory, down to 2024.
The numbers didn’t help, he will definitely miss the ATP Finals in Turin, the Masters of the eight best in the world. A tournament in which he debuted in 2019 as champion, which he did not miss in the five previous editions.
His options were slim, but they became non-existent when he lost in the quarterfinals of the Paris Masters 1000 ATP against the German. Alexander Zverevwinning 7-5 and 6-4.
Tsitsipas, who not long ago was aiming for world number one, is outside the top-10, he is eleventh. His best weeks were consecutive, with a victory in Monte Carlo and a final in Godó. He reached the quarterfinals of Roland Garros, but Carlos Alcaraz He shot him again.
The Hellenic, 26 years old, began to decline since then, a dynamic he will try to reverse in 2025, as he fell into the group of the best, where he has been a regular since 2019.
Its removal from Paris was disastrous Carlos Alcarazwhich is in danger of being left without the world number two. Alexander Zverev will take it to him if he wins this Saturday, in the semifinals, against the Dane Holger Rune or the Australian Alex de Minaur.
The importance of who is number 2 lies in knowing who will be the duo in the pot of the draw of ATP Finals in Turin together Jannik Sinner. If Alcaraz drops to No. 3, he may be in the same group as the Italian, No. 1 and out of Paris due to illness.
Source: La Verdad
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