Similarly to many other top players, Stefanos Tsitsipas has a burning desire to win his matches. The young Greek still struggles to contain his nerves every now and then, and something regrettable happened in Brisbane. After losing the first set at the breaker, Stefanos smashed his racket in full rage. Unfortunately, during the process, he also injured his father and coach that left the bench. Eventually, the Greek lost the contest in 3 sets.
I will probably be grounded. TSITSIPAS
After the match, Stefanos was obviously asked about what happened to comment:
“It happened accidentally, I didn’t mean to do it and straight away forgot about it and moved on from there.It happens, I wasn’t aiming to do that. It just went out of control, unfortunately. Maybe I’ll stay in my room for three days, grounded by my father,” he added, laughing.”
Tsitsipas ended his run at this ATP Cup after winning just 1 match of 3. However, his tennis looked pretty good. He will definitely try to have a great run at the upcoming Australian Open where he reached the semifinal last year.
" Maybe I'll stay in the room for three days. Grounded by my father "#Tsitsipas on the hitting his dad with his racquet pic.twitter.com/wltBSrzyTT
— Stadium Astro 🇲🇾 (@stadiumastro) January 8, 2020
Here's the moment Stefanos Tsitsipas injured his Dad Apostolos when he smashed his racket!!
(@ATPMedia @primevideosport đź“ą) pic.twitter.com/QDLgJlbrOh
— Joe 🎾. (@Joe_C92) January 7, 2020
Stefanos Tsitsipas’s ranking and performance in 2020
Ranked no.6, Tsitsipas played his last match on the 7th of January when he had to bow to Nick Kyrgios 7-67 6-73 7-65 in the round robin in the ATP Cup.
Nick Kyrgios’s ranking and performance in 2020
Now the world no.29, Nick played his last match on the 7th of January when he defeated Stefanos Tsitsipas 7-67 6-73 7-65 in the round robin in the ATP Cup.
Stefanos Tsitsipas and Nick Kyrgios played each other 2 times. The head to head is 2-0 for Kyrgios.
The last time that they played each other, Nick Kyrgios won 7-67 6-73 7-65 in the round robin in Brisbane (ATP Cup) on the 7th of January 2020.
In the following video you can watch the key moments of their match.
