His thoughts on being disqualified from the Australian Open, after losing to Taylor Fritz, were analyzed by Stefanos Tsitsipas at the press conference after the match. The leading Greek tennis player explained what did not go well in the game and emphasized that in the next period he will think about what he can do better.
At the same time, he referred to his previous meeting with the American tennis player in Melbourne, but also to the words that Apostolos Tsitsipas said to him before the fourth set of the match.
In detail, what he said at the press conference:
“I will use this time to think about the game and see what I can do better next time I face him. I will allow myself to absorb these feelings and let them become part of the journey.
They are not negative feelings, they are feelings of evolution and change. One day you’re in the Top 10 and the next you’re not there anymore, so you have to keep working, allow yourself to grow through those situations and try the next time. It’s hard. The moments of glory and success are a very small percentage of the experiences of a professional tennis player, the painful moments are much more.
About what he was thinking before the match: “I thought I had a big match ahead of me and an opponent who likes these courts, with a game with a lot of power that suits the hard courts. I had to prepare well for all this. I didn’t deal with it in the best way, but he played very well and deserved the win. I can take it as something to wake me up and feed my ego.”
Stefanos Tsitsipas says Fritz deserved to win:
“Well, what I was thinking is that I have a big match coming up and there’s an opponent that I’ve played before at the Australian Open who likes these courts, and his game is suited for hard courts and he’s got a lot of power , he’s… pic.twitter.com/5AfagY3yQA
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About what he would like done differently in the game: “I wish we had more rallies. I felt a lot of points were just serving. Through longer rallies maybe I could better read what works for me. That kind of threw me off.”
On the differences with his previous meeting with Fritz in Melbourne in 2022: “It was a different match, we had more big rallies and points with intensity. Today’s match had a much faster pace and shorter points. I had to make it more of an endurance battle.”
About what his father and coach, Apostolos Tsitsipas, told him at the beginning of the 4th set: “He encouraged me, not to stop fighting. I don’t remember exactly what he said, a lot of things were going through my head during that set, but he wanted to show me that I’m not alone out there, there’s a whole team behind me and he wanted to give me strength to find the solution.”
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