Stefanos Tsitsipas is about to start his run at this uncharacteristic US Open where he will try to finally conquer his maiden slam. This major is about to commence as a sort of “civil war” started among the tennis players after Novak Djokovic decided to found the new Professional Tennis Players Association after abandoning the presidency of the ATP Council.
Alongside some other players, Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal expressed their disagreement with Novak’s action saying that it’s time now to be united to weather the huge storm caused by the Coronavirus pandemic.
Some other players like Stefanos Tsitsipas decided to be as neutral as possible also to stay focus on the US Open. When asked about his opinion, Stefanos was extremely straightforward to comment:
“I am not involved at all in this matter. I have nothing to do with this and I will not comment.”
Stefanos will play his 1st round o Monday when he will face Albert Ramos-Vinolas strong of a 2-0 head to head record against the Spaniard.
Stefanos Tsitsipas in 2020
Ranked world no.6, Tsitsipas played his last match on the 28th of August when he surrendered to Milos Raonic 7-65 6-3 in the semifinal in New York.
Currently, this season Stefanos has a 14-6 win-loss record. Stefanos clinched 1 title in Marseille. Stefanos reached the final in Dubai.
Novak Djokovic in 2020
Ranked no.1, Djokovic played his last match on the 29th of August when he defeated Milos Raonic 1-6 6-3 6-4 in the final in New York to win his 80th career title.
This season the Serbian has a 23-0 win-loss record. Novak conquered 3 titles in 2020 at the Australian Open, in Dubai and in New York.
Stefanos Tsitsipas and Novak Djokovic played each other 5 times. The head to head is 3-2 for Djokovic. The last time that they played, Novak Djokovic won 6-3 6-4 in the final in Dubai (Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships) on the 29th of February 2020.
You can see them in action in the following highlights.
Stefanos Tsitsipas and Novak Djokovic |
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