O Stefanos Tsitsipas prevailed 6-3, 6-4 and 7-6 against Kenden Allis securing qualification to the second round of the Australian Open!
Immediately after, the Greek superstar spoke about the warm support he felt, while he was quite satisfied with his appearance.
What he said in detail:
“It was a pretty good first round Grand Slam match, I’m happy with the way I fought,” the 24-year-old tennis player said at the press conference. “I’m happy with the way things went, especially when I was behind in the third set. I was able to fight back and give myself a chance to do something in the tiebreak, I’d say it was a high level performance in the end. Great fight to come back, I’m happy to close it this way.”
“I know I’m doing my job on the court, but I also have the people supporting me and giving me their energy. So I feel like everything is going my way. I feel like everything looks encouraging. The energy of the world can create a good mental state.”
For the third set: “I had to fight and not let his game get in my head. I had no choice but to try to give something different to the pitch. I came very close to winning the third set, but I didn’t let it happen. That backhand in the middle of the court when it went up to the net was an amazing shot, which gave me tremendous confidence to keep fighting. I found myself in difficult situations in the third set and I knew I had to serve well and be a little more aggressive, not give him chances to create something. The tiebreak didn’t start in the best way but I was confident that if I could stay in, give myself chances with a few returns and serve well he would break. That’s how it happened in the end.”
For the Greeks of Melbourne: “Thank you to the people who support us all, for us the people count a lot, they give us motivation. It is important that we have a tournament where we feel at home. We don’t speak the language of this country, but Australia is like Greece to me. There is a homely feel here and playing tennis here is the best way to start the year.”
On his difficult victory and if he prefers to struggle: “I felt in the third set that things were developing in a very simple way, but that situation changed very quickly and I found myself on the back foot, out of nowhere, because I started the third set with a good break. It seemed that I had found a good momentum at that moment, but tennis is a sport where any situation can change in an instant. I had to fight, which wasn’t something I wanted, but I had to keep finding solutions, because that’s tennis. I’m glad he didn’t go to a fourth set, he got to the source. It was a few hits that allowed me to escape and not go into wilder waters.”
“It was important that I managed to get out of the difficult situation in the 3rd set”
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