Stefanos Tsitsipas wanted outcome to beat the lengthy disaster that has hit him, though he’s conscious that the trail remains to be very lengthy. The Greek ace had not began the 2025 season in one of the simplest ways with the untimely elimination on the Australian Open, a match that had virtually at all times seen him as a protagonist and during which he had reached the ultimate within the 2023 version.
The champion from Athens definitely wanted a shake-up at this stage of his profession and determined to vary rackets, utilizing a mannequin similar to that of Carlos Alcaraz (albeit with totally different and customised specs).
The previous High 10 performed nice tennis in Dubai this week, reaching his first last since Barcelona ATP 500 in spring 2024. As well as, Stefanos has certified for his first arduous court docket last in additional than a yr and a half.
After defeating Italian ace Matteo Berrettini within the quarterfinals on the finish of a tricky battle, the Greek repeated it towards Tallon Griekspoor within the semifinals yesterday.
The Dutch participant was maybe a bit of drained after reaching a titanic feat towards Daniil Medvedev the day gone by, however that doesn’t detract from the superb efficiency of ‚Tsitsi‘.
Camille Pin praises Tsitsipas
The 2019 ATP Finals champion – who had already reached the ultimate in Dubai in 2019 (when he misplaced to Roger Federer) – will face Felix Auger-Aliassime for the title right now.
Talking on ‚Eurosport France‘, former participant Camille Pin praised Tsitsipas: „He performed actually implausible tennis this week. We noticed him extra assured with the backhand, he used the drop shot with nice intelligence and managed all of the matches impeccably from a psychological standpoint.
He at all times continued to battle, even in probably the most troublesome moments. He lastly proved why he was world quantity 3 and a Grand Slam finalist.
It might be the start of his rebirth.“
After reaching the ultimate on the 2023 Australian Open, the Greek struggled lots to play his greatest tennis and was usually disastrous outdoors of purple clay.
