Stefanos Tsitsipas has been struggling for a long time with a lower back injury that forced him to retire when he was playing in the ATP Finals back in November. Unfortunately, it’s very clear that the Greek player has not recovered yet. He decided not to play in singles at the United Cup against Chile, and he was an underwhelming presence when playing mixed doubles, clearly struggling with his injury.
Nevertheless, according to well-known Greek journalist Spiro Christopoulos, Stefanos did not rule out playing singles or mixed doubles against Canada in the upcoming tie. That will be a rather bad move from Tsitispas, who is still hoping to be fully fit for the Australian Open. Time will tell if he will play against the North American team. Stefanos Tsitsipas is well known for playing down injuries ahead of important matches.
BREAKING | Stefanos Tsitsipas does NOT rule himself out of the the tie against Canada tomorrow night at the @UnitedCupTennis, says that playing singles and mixed doubles is on the cards, and the body felt better than expected out there in the mixed doubles#UnitedCup
— Spiro Christopoulos (@spiro2GB) January 2, 2024
Stefanos Tsitsipas in 2024
Now ranked no.6, the Greek played his last match on the 14th of November 2023 when he had to retire when playing against world no.8 Holger Rune in the round robin and the scoreline was 2-1 .
During this season the Greek owns a composed 51-24 win-loss record.
Tsitsipas is scheduled to play next at the Australian Open (Australian Open). He will begin to play the tournament from the main draw that will commence on the 14th of January.
