By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Thursday August 8, 2024
Stefanos Tsitsipas suffered a irritating loss to Kei Nishikori on Thursday in Montreal, and afterwards the Greek spoke to media and stated that he felt like he wasn’t capable of hit the ball by way of the courtroom throughout his 6-4 6-4 loss in opposition to the previous World No.4.
Tsitsipas stated he made a string change over the previous couple of days however nonetheless felt like his ball was “useless” and “going nowhere” throughout Thursday’s second-round loss to Nishikori.
Calling out Apostolos
Tsitsipas stated the issue has been taking place for 5 days now, and took some pictures at his father and coach Apostolos for not proactively serving to him clear up the issue.
“I’ve been complaining to my coach about it for the final 4 or 5 days,” he stated. “That was additionally the rationale I had a confrontation with him through the match. For me an ATP 1000 match is a vital match and for me I would like and I deserve a coach that listens to me and hears my suggestions as a participant,” he stated.
Oh, Kei 🙌
The second @keinishikori shocked Stefanos Tsitsipas to develop into the lowest-ranked participant into the final 16 at a Masters 1000 since 2004! #OBN24 pic.twitter.com/kmnTaSfti3
— Tennis TV (@TennisTV) August 8, 2024
Clearly Tsitsipas, in a blended zone with a number of reporters round him, was able to take some pictures at his father, and he did simply that.
“My father hasn’t been very sensible or excellent at dealing with these conditions, making an attempt to alleviate what’s taking place contained in the courtroom – that’s actually poor efficiency and it is not the primary time he has accomplished that. I’m actually upset.”
“I actually do not know proper now if I would take into account any adjustments, however I am very upset as a result of a very powerful factor for a participant with a coach is to have direct and good suggestions, and to hava a coach that listens to the participant. The coach is just not the one holding a racket. The participant is the one that’s making an attempt to execute a sport plan and making an attempt to make issues occur on the tennis courtroom. I’ve energy in a point however It is also a collaborative work that you simply put in collectively. It needs to be reciprocal to ensure that me to attempt to develop my tennis. It is one thing that I actually do not need to keep stagnant at.”
Watch footage of Tsitsipas’ interview under:
