Stefanos Tsitsipas was the runner-up of the last year’s Mutua Madrid Open before losing to Novak Djokovic in the final, but after beating the great Rafael Nadal in the semifinal.
Unfortunately, this year, the Greek sensation will not be able to go one step further after the event was canceled following the Coronavirus outbreak.
However, the organization had the brilliant idea of setting up a “virtual event” with the participation of top many top players. The good news is that Stefanos Tsitsipas and Denis Shapovalov also agreed to take part in the competition.
The Greek sensation had a hilarious comment when he talked about his additional motivation. Stefanos said “[I am] happy to prove my parents wrong back in the day when they used to tell me playing video games would bring me nowhere in my life. It’s great being part of the first virtual online tennis tournament with actual professional tennis players.”
Stefanos Tsitsipas’s ranking and performance in 2020
Now the world no.6, Tsitsipas played his last match on the 7th of March when he overcame Jeson Patrombon 6-2 6-1 in the Rubber 4 of the Davis Cup.
This year the Greek has a 11-5 win-loss record. The Greek has won 1 title in Marseille. Stefanos was the finalist in Dubai.
Denis Shapovalov’s ranking and performance in 2020
At the moment ranked no.16, Shapovalov played his last match on the 21st of February when he lost to Alexander Bublik 7-5 4-6 6-3 in the quarter in Marseille.
Stefanos Tsitsipas and Denis Shapovalov played each other 4 times. The head to head is 3-1 for Shapovalov. The last time that they locked horns, Denis Shapovalov won 7-66 7-64 in the round robin in Brisbane, Perth, Sydney (ATP Cup) on the 3rd of January 2020.
In the following video you can watch the highlights.
