Stefanos Tsitsipas, the runner-up at the Australian Open, downplayed his hopes for the Indian Wells ATP Masters on Wednesday, claiming that he is still dealing with the shoulder injury that forced him to withdraw from Acapulco last month.
The second-seeded Greek, ranked third in the world, had hoped to build on his run to the Australian Open final, where he lost to Serbian superstar Novak Djokovic. The prestigious hard court tournament was being held in the California desert. But despite having entered both Indian Wells and the Miami Masters, he will focus on getting ready for the clay court season.
Stefanos commented:
“I’m still in recovery. Personally, I haven’t said it a lot of times in my career but I don’t think I will be capable of going deep. It’s a very unfortunate injury at this time of the year because I had a very good strong start to the year.
I consider a Grand Slam final a good result to start the year with and one that I was unfamiliar with before. However, it’s important to keep faith in a daily procedure to get back healthy.”
Stefanos Tsitsipas in 2023
At the moment ranked no.3 (career-high), Tsitsipas played his last match on the 16th of February when he was defeated by world no.13 Jannik Sinner 6-4 6-3 in the 2nd round in Rotterdam (draw).
At the moment, during this season Tsitsipas owns a compiled 13-2 record. Stefanos Tsitsipas’s most significant performance of this season was getting to the final at the Australian Open.
Tsitsipas has scheduled to play next in Miami (Miami Open). He will start to play the tournament from the main draw that will commence on the 22nd of March.
Thompson in Indian Wells, ranking, and results in 2023
Now the world no.87, Jordan has managed to achieve a compiled 8-5 match record in 2023. Jordan is participating in Indian Wells where he toppled
Jordan Thompson will fight against the world no.3 Stefanos Tsitsipas in the 2nd round. Their actual head to head record is 2-0 for Tsitsipas.
The Australian has won 1 title in 2023 in the Rome Challenger.
Thompson is expected to play next in Miami (Miami Open). He is currently an alternate. The main draw will start on the 22nd of March.
Stefanos Tsitsipas and Jordan Thompson squared off just twice. Their head to head is 2-0 for Tsitsipas. The last time they competed against each other, Stefanos Tsitsipas won 6-2 6-3 7-5 in the 2nd round in London (Wimbledon) in June 2022.
Stefanos Tsitsipas |
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