THE Stefanos Tsitsipas He retreated to No.18 of the world rankings and is called upon to make an excellent run in the Madrid tournament in order to climb before Roland Garros.
A few days before he started his effort at Madrid Open, Stefanos Tsitsipas spoke to Tennis TV about his injury in the middle and the exit from the Top 10.
“I’m fine, I’m no longer injured,” the 26 -year -old Greek tennis player said. “It’s something that was expected to happen sometime, after my injury to the 2023 ATP Finals, when I had to retire due to a problem in the middle. It is, then, something that has been around this injury and has been the case for the last two years. But this time, I couldn’t manage it. “
As for how does this problem deal with? “With treatments. I had no time to emphasize the treatments with my program, but it had been in time for the last five days and I did everything I needed to overcome it. And I’m fine now. “
He then referred to his fall in the world rankings. “It is definitely an unusual environment, because you are used to being for so long in the Top 10 and fighting for places that can change your life. Suddenly at No. 5, 4, 3 is very different from being at No.18. It makes you realize that you have been very comfortable in recent years and gives you the sense of success you managed to be in this ranking. It’s time to re -open the return to the Top 10, so I see this phase. “
Stefanos Tsitsipas also talked about his service: “It’s something I’m not happy and happy about. Even when I was relatively easily won some games in Monte Carlo, I was not completely satisfied with how my serve responded to the rest of my game. I can, however, that it has improved and that is definitely a good sign. I try to find solutions, see if it’s a technical issue, or if it is related to my toss and I work hard to stabilize it. I can say it is much better. “
He added: “It definitely has to do with Toss. Toss is directly related to how to place your service. And the legs, if you don’t use your feet in your service, are hard to get to the ball well. “
Finally, Stefanos Tsitsipas talked about his presence with Paula Bandosa at the Laureus Awards. “I often don’t have such opportunities. I am grateful to have the opportunity to be present, because it is completely different from our daily tennis routine. I and Paula have become accustomed to tennis life, training, playing matches, do the same thing every day, so the completely different experience made us happy. And it’s nice to do it with Paula, because we wanted to do that for a long time. “