Without reaching high performance standards, Stefanos Tsitsipas overcame Bowty van de Sandschulp’s hurdle to advance to his quarter-finals Swiss Indoorswhere he will face on Friday (25/10) the French, Arthur Fishnumber 20 in the world.
THE Plug he got the ticket to the eight by easily knocking out the Spaniard Pedro Martinez (7-5, 6-3), when the Greek tennis player showed a better face compared to the match against Fran Serundulohowever, for one more game he could not fully impose his rhythm. For that he needed 1 hour and 48 minutes to bend the resistance of the Dutchman, No. 67 in the world, winning 2-0 sets (7-6, 7-5).
O Tsitsipaswho after the end of his match stated: “I had to stay calm in the difficult moments and I did quite well.” There were a lot of tense moments in my last two fights so I’m trying to build that confidence so I can handle the pressure points as best as I can».
Read more: Tsitsipas: “I don’t know if I deserve a place in the ATP Finals”
THE Stefanos Tsitsipas talk to Tennis TV before starting his attempt at Reign and he did not hesitate to make his self-criticism about the season he had, stressing that he does not deserve to be in the ATP Finals.
In fact, admitting that other tennis players were more stable in their performance and with more successes, he spoke about the chances of qualifying for the ATP Finalswith Reign on the one hand and the Bercy on the other hand, to be his last chances to succeed.
What Stefanos Tsitsipas said in detail:
“I am happy with my daily work on the field. I feel like I’m in a transition period in my career, that I’ve improved my game in many areas and that I’m a better player. But I haven’t shown it on the field with my results in recent weeks. I had some good matches where I fought hard and came out victorious in the end, but I feel like I haven’t been able to show my improvements and the way I’ve developed. Maybe I should wait a bit“, I mentioned Tsitsipas initially.
As for when the development in his game will begin to show, the top Greek tennis player said:
“I don’t know when it will come. I wish I could decide when, but with these things you never know. It may come sometime, it may come gradually, it is part of the process. If you keep working, putting in the details, they might eventually come».
Finally, regarding the chances of qualifying for the ATP Finals, he said:
“I’ll put it this way: I certainly hope it’s part of the plan for the season, but I look at what other players have done so far and compare to my own season, which has had its ups and downs. I did well in Monaco, where I won, but after that I didn’t have very good results, to be honest. I don’t know if I deserve a place there, I’ll have to prove something either here (Basel), or in Bercy. To show the world that maybe I still deserve a spot in the ATP Finals. Everything will be seen in the coming weeks. Even if I don’t make it, I’m satisfied that I’m in control of my life and I know what I want to work on, how I want to move forward in the coming months. Because I want to start getting better at many things in my life».
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