Tennis: Tsitsipas recovery on track after arm injury
LONDON (REUTERS) – Stefanos Tsitsipas’ recovery from an arm injury is heading in the right direction, the world number four said on Friday (Nov 12) ahead of the ATP Finals in Turin, Italy. The 23-year-old was forced him to retire from last week’s Paris Masters in his second-round match against Australian Alexei Popyrin and later... » read more
Tennis: Tsitsipas toilet humour not funny to Zverev
NEW YORK (AFP) – Third-ranked Stefanos Tsitsipas has been reduced to a US Open punchline for extended disruptive toilet breaks during matches, with victims Alexander Zverev and Andy Murray ripping him on Tuesday (Aug 31). German fourth seed Zverev, who accused Tsitsipas of getting improper coaching during his toilet break in a match at Cincinnati,... » read more
Tennis: Tsitsipas slumps to another early loss in European Open
HAMBURG (AFP) – Stefanos Tsitsipas’ post-French Open gloom deepened on Friday (July 16) when the world number four slumped to a European Open quarter-final defeat to Serbia’s Filip Krajinovic. Tsitispas, who gave up a two-set lead to lose the Roland Garros final to Novak Djokovic last month, went down 3-6, 6-1, 6-3. The Greek star... » read more
Tennis: Tiafoe dumps third seed Tsitsipas out of Wimbledon
LONDON (REUTERS) – American Frances Tiafoe dumped third seed Stefanos Tsitsipas out of the Wimbledon men’s singles 6-4, 6-4, 6-3 as the Greek became the first big casualty on day one of the tournament on Monday (June 28). Tsitsipas, playing his first match since his French Open final defeat by Novak Djokovic on June 13,... » read more
Tennis: Tsitsipas finds way past fighting Zverev in French Open for maiden major final
PARIS (REUTERS) – Greek fifth seed Stefanos Tsitsipas staved off a spectacular fightback from US Open runner-up Alexander Zverev for a 6-3 6-3 4-6 4-6 6-3 victory in a scintillating French Open clash on Friday (June 11) and book a maiden Grand Slam final spot. Tsitsipas, 22, has long been marked out as a future Grand Slam... » read more
Tennis: Nadal saves match point to beat Tsitsipas for 12th Barcelona title
BARCELONA (AFP) – Rafael Nadal saved a championship point to beat Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-4, 6-7 (6/8), 7-5 on Sunday (April 25) and claim a 12th Barcelona Open title in the ATP’s longest match of 2021. The Spaniard secured his first title of the year and 87th of his career, denying Tsitsipas back-to-back triumphs following his... » read more
Tennis: Nadal into 12th Barcelona final, faces ‘better than ever’ Tsitsipas
BARCELONA (AFP) – Rafael Nadal trounced compatriot Pablo Carreno Busta to reach his 12th Barcelona final where he will face Stefanos Tsitsipas, the Greek star who stunned the great Spaniard from two sets down in this year’s Australian Open. Top seed Nadal, an 11-time champion in Barcelona, eased to a 6-3, 6-2 win over world... » read more
Tennis: Second seed Tsitsipas dumped out in Miami Open quarters
MIAMI (AFP) – Second seed Stefanos Tsitsipas of Greece crashed out of the Miami Open quarter-finals on Thursday (April 1), losing in three sets to Polish 26th seed Hubert Hurkacz. Hurkacz advanced to the semi-finals of an ATP Masters tournament for the first time after coming from behind to win 2-6, 6-3 6-4 on the... » read more