Determined to help the Stefano Tsitsipa to return high again, his new coach said, Goran Ivanisevic.
“For me he is a first tenth player, always“, The 53 -year -old Croatian told the top Greek tennis player, who is in the world this week at No.25 in the world. “At the moment it has lost a bit of the advantage. A lot has happened and now it has to find it again. I’m not a magician who can make it work after a week. It’s a long process, but it’s a great player. Were twice in end Grand slam and had so many great wins, so I don’t worry he won’t come back”
On his collaboration with STEF he said: “It is exciting for me because of its temperament. Greeks and Croats have similar temperament. He’s a very aggressive player, something I like. I always liked the way he was playing and his style. It’s nice to see it and nice to add a contribution to his game as a server as a volleyball player. For me it is actually a huge challenge and I hope it will work well”
Ivanisevic had conquered Wimbledon in 2001, but for Tsitsipas the grass is the least successful surface. “There is a lot with which you have to work. In general, it does not have good results on the grass. I don’t know why. It’s just spiritual. If you put in your mind, “I can’t play on the grass”, then you can’t play well, because the grass doesn’t forgive you anything. If you are pissed off with your grass, your grass returns it. You have to be good with the grass. So there is a lot of room for improvement there. I can’t say with confidence that it will happen this week but generally it can play well in the grass”
Tsitsipas will make his premiere at the Halle Tournament this afternoon with Italian Luciano Darderi, No.56 in the world.
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