Stefanos Tsitsipas claimed a female fan intentionally made bee noises to try to distract him at the Cincinnati Masters, and he attempted to have the woman evicted.
On the surface, it seemed like Tsitsipas would easily win, but a strange happening in the second set left the audience confused and Tsitsipas angry.
The 25-year-old, who was attempting to serve, was seen attempting to blow away what appeared to be a little insect flying close to his face. Before collecting his composure to attempt another serve, Tsitsipas waved his racquet around in despair.
Tsitsipas headed to the chair umpire in confusion and said: “There’s a person imitating a bee behind me. It’s a buzz right before I serve. Do you think that’s okay?.”
Tsitsipas in Cincinnati, ranking, and results in 2023
Ranked world no.4, Tsitsipas achieved a 40-14 win-loss record in 2023. Stefanos is currently having a run in Cincinnati where he overcame the world no.40 Ben Shelton 7-63 7-62.
Stefanos Tsitsipas will play the world no.20 Hubert Hurkacz in the 3rd round on Thursday at 1:00 pm on CENTER COURT. The head to head is 7-2 for Tsitsipas.
Tsitsipas has won 1 title in 2023 in Los Cabos. Stefanos was the runner-up at the Australian Open and in Barcelona (Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell).
Stefanos won 10 titles in his career: 1 on hard courts, 4 on clay courts, 4 on indoor courts and 1 on grass courts. (See the list of his titles)
He is also scheduled to play in Shanghai (Shanghai Rolex Masters) on the 2nd of October and Paris (Rolex Paris Masters) on the 30th of October.
