ELBOW INJURY. Why Tsitsipas didn’t play the ATP Cup vs. Hurkacz giving space to Thanos

Stefanos Tsitsipas seems not to have fully recovered from his elbow injury

Stefanos Tsitsipas

Stefanos Tsitsipas was expected to play Hubert Hurkacz in his first match of the new season (ATP Cup). However, the tennis fans remained stunned to learn that Aristotelis Thanos would take his place in the competition.

The injury

Stefanos Tsitsipas’ second part of the last season was dented by an elbow injury. Eventually, the Greek player head quick procedure to correct the issue. It seemed as Stefanos has recovered from his injury, also thanks to some videos where it seemed that the world number 4 was in perfect form.

However, it is now clear that Stefanos’ elbow is still not 100% ready for big matches as he was forecasting. At this point, it seems that Tsitsipas’ chances to have a deep run at the Australian Open are not so great.

We are still waiting for an official statement from Team Greece about Stefanos’ condition. An image of a Tsitsipas’ elbow wrapped in ice was not very encouraging.

Stefanos Tsitsipas

Stefanos Tsitsipas in 2022

Stefanos Tsitsipas

45 - 22win/loss

Hard
13-11
I Hard
8-3
Clay
22-6
Grass
2-2
26 year old
LWWWLWWLWL
2024 Highlights

Currently ranked no.4, the Greek played his last match on the 15th of November 2021 when he lost to Andrey Rublev 6-4 6-4 in the round robin in the Nitto ATP Finals (draw).

Tsitsipas
the Nitto ATP Finals
Tsitsipas's Record
 

Hubert Hurkacz in 2022

Hubert Hurkacz

40 - 19win/loss

Hard
17-10
I Hard
4-3
Clay
14-4
Grass
5-2
27 year old
LLWLWLWWLW
2024 Highlights

At the moment ranked no.9 (career-high), the Pole played his last match on the 18th of November 2021 when he was defeated by Alexander Zverev 6-2 6-4 in the round robin in the Nitto ATP Finals (draw).

Hurkacz
the Nitto ATP Finals
Hurkacz's Record

Stefanos Tsitsipas and Hubert Hurkacz fought against each other 8 times. Their head to head is 6-2 for Tsitsipas. Previously, the last time when they fought against each other, Hubert Hurkacz won 2-6 6-3 6-4 in the quarter in Miami (Miami Open) in April 2021.

Here are the video highlights.

Aristotelis Thanos in 2022

Aristotelis Thanos

26 - 12win/loss

Hard
15-8
I Hard
1-1
Clay
10-3
23 year old
LWWWLLWWWW
2024 Highlights

At the moment ranked no. (career-high), the Greek played his last match on the 2nd of December 2021 when he had to retire when playing against Stylianos Christodoulou in the 2nd round and the scoreline was 7-5 .

Currently, during this season Thanos has a 0-0 match record.

Thanos
Thanos's Record

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