It seems that the glass overflowed for him Stefanos Tsitsipas. After the defeat by Thanasis Kokkinakis and his early elimination from the US Open (for the second time in the last three years he has been eliminated from the 1st round), the leading Greek tennis player made his self-criticism, stating that he is in decline and stressing that he is in a crisis point in his career.
After the match, in his statements in front of only four journalists, a visibly disappointed Tsitsipas said: “I’m nothing compared to the player I was before. I remember myself, when I was younger, playing on adrenaline, feeling like my life depended on the race. And that I think has faded, let’s just say my level of consistency wasn’t that great.
I remember that my concentration was at its highest, at its peak then and that’s something, I feel, that I’ve lost a little bit. I know it sounds weird, but I feel like I need to find the hunger I had back then and I’m not a feel good person or settle for normal things.
But, I want to bring it back, because then I felt great joy with tennis. I really don’t know why I’ve been having this slump for the past couple of months. Maybe it’s been a year or two, that I’ve felt this way. I guess I was able to hide it somewhat last time».
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