Stefanos Tsitsipas had a rather ambitious plan for Wimbledon, where he had the idea of playing in all the possible competitions in singles, doubles, and mixed doubles. Many tennis fans were surprised at the announcement that Stefanos would have played mixed doubles with his girlfriend, Paula Badosa. However, they decided not to compete after Paula had to withdraw from singles with a lower back injury.
When asked why Stefanos Tsitsipas wanted to play in all the competitions, he replied:
“Mixed is not a thing anymore, thank God. I prefer to live [smiling]. It never crossed my mind that I would be doing all three in a single event. But I also see it from the bright side. You can see it from that side. You like tennis so much, you want to be in these Slams for as long as possible. Ideally from the singles draw, you want to be there completing the two-week period the Slam allows you to play.”
Tsitsipas in Wimbledon, ranking, and results in 2023
Ranked world no.5, the Greek has a 34-12 record in 2023. Tsitsipas is participating in Wimbledon where he defeated the world no.91 Dominic Thiem 3-6 7-61 6-2 6-75 7-68 and the world no.40 Andy Murray 7-63 6-72 4-6 7-63 6-4.
Stefanos Tsitsipas will square off with the world no.60 Laslo Djere in the 3rd round on Saturday at 1:00 pm on Court 2. Their current record is 3-0 for Tsitsipas.
Stefanos reached the final at the Australian Open and in Barcelona (Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell).
The Greek won 9 titles in his career: 4 on clay courts, 4 on indoor courts and 1 on grass courts. (See the list of his titles)
Tsitsipas has scheduled to play next in Los Cabos (Abierto de Tenis Mifel). He will start the tournament from the main draw that will commence on the 31st of July.
Paula Badosa in 2023
Currently ranked no.35, the Spaniard played her last match on the 7th of July when she had to retire when playing against world no.36 Marta Kostyuk in the 2nd round and the scoreline was 6-2 1-0 .
Presently, during this year the Spaniard has managed to achieve a composed 18-9 match record. Paula Badosa’s most significant result of this year was getting to the semifinal in Adelaide.
