About the injury problem he is facing in the shoulder, he spoke Stefanos Tsitsipas ahead of his participation in Indian Wells.
The top Greek tennis player, who withdrew from the Acapulco tournament two weeks ago, made it clear that he is not in a position to go far in the upcoming tournament.
We remind you that his premiere at Indina Wells will take place tomorrow (Friday 10/3) against the Australian Jordan Thompson.
In detail, what he said at the press conference:
For the situation he is in: “I’m still in recovery. I won’t pretend, I won’t say that I’m a favorite or that I have a good chance of going far in this tournament, because that wouldn’t be right. I don’t think I’m the favorite in these two tournaments. I haven’t said this many times in my career, but I don’t think I have the ability to go far. My priority is to prepare my body to be ready for the clay season. But I’m enjoying being here, I really enjoy these tournaments and I’m aiming for Masters titles, but I’m pretty sure I won’t be able to perform at my best.”
For his injury: “It’s a strange injury, I changed some things in my preparation and they helped me to be consistent and play well in Australia, you can also see in the videos that my technique has changed a bit. But this had an impact on my shoulder. It’s unfortunate that it came at this point in the season, after my strong start and being in a Grand Slam final. I have to have faith and follow the daily routine to get back healthy. In the last two years my shoulder has been affected by the constant matches and I need to take my time and have the right medical team by my side so that I don’t have such complications again.”
On why he doesn’t think he’ll go far in Indian Wells and Miami: “I haven’t trained much in the last few weeks. I don’t think I’ve ever trained so little in my career. I have spent very few hours on the court and I am limited in what I can do, but I love this sport and I want to compete in front of my fans from California as well as from all over the world. I do it for them.”
On his run to the final of the Australian Open: “It’s a result I wanted, especially in Australia. There are always positive feelings when I am there. There is a connection to this place and to the world that supports me. I’m happy to start the year with a Grand Slam final, of course it’s not pleasant that I didn’t manage to win even now, but I had a great opponent. It was a painful defeat, but I immediately regrouped and allowed myself to go on strong, although things did not go well in the next tournament due to my injury, which was aggravated in the Davis Cup. I was also mentally tired, because I had played a lot of tennis in those weeks. I reached my limits with very intense matches, 5-set matches after the United Cup, I put a lot of weight on my body.”
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