Two weeks after reaching her second Grand Slam final in Melbourne and flirting with a chance to reach No. 1 in the world, Stephen Tsitsipas He returned to the competition this Tuesday with a win in the Rotterdam ATP 500a tournament that will also feature other important characters such as Alexander Zverev, Andrey Rublev and Felix Auger Aliassime.
Already installed in the Dutch city, the 24-year-old Greek and currently ranked third in the standings trained at the venue Rotterdam today arrive in peak condition and leave a pearl for soccer lovers in Argentina as he hones his shots.
He could be seen wearing an Argentina shirt, the one that Adidas launched for sale after the World Cup with the brand logo in blue and white and the three stars. Even with the purple shirt and Lionel Messi’s ’10’. Photographer Eduardo María Barradas was commissioned to capture that moment and posted the images on his Twitter account.
Tsitsipas had already shown his fanaticism for the World Cup before the World Cup Escaloneta. He made a publication in the feed of his Instagram account, with the alternative jacket of the ea Selection “Let’s go Argentina”. Also, he uploaded the same post to his stories and accompanied it with “Guys, now we’re excited again.”
And he’s not the only figure in the tennis world to recognize world champions. Novak Djokovic, after lifting his 10th title Australian Open and his 22nd Grand Slam, he was encouraged to sing the hit of Qatar 2022 at the insistent request of journalist Alejandro Klappenbach in an interview that the Serbian granted him in Melbourne.
The curse that haunts Tsitsipas
Stephen Tsitsipas He is one of the best tennis players in the world. There are no doubts. He reached two Grand Slam finals in which only the hierarchy of one of the best tennis players in history like Djokovic could take the title away from him, he was Masters 1000 champion and beat the big three complete, to name just a few of his most important achievements.
However, He has an impressive score with the ATP 500: he played 9 finals and lost them all, which attracts attention due to its large hierarchy. No player accumulates so many falls in the finals of this category of tournaments without ever being able to win the trophy.
From the first in Barcelona 2018 against Rafael Nadalwith a comfortable 6-2 and 6-1 for the Spaniard, going through a tight definition in 2021 in which he wasted a match point to lift the title in that same tournament and against the same rival, until reaching the one who lost the l last year with Novak Djokovic in Astana. Now, in Rotterdam, she will try to put the curse.
Tsitsipas’ 9 ATP 500 Finals
- Barcelona 2018 vs. Rafael Nadal.
- Dubai 2019 vs. Roger Federer.
- Beijing 2019 vs. Dominic Thiem.
- Dubai 2020 vs. Novak Djokovic.
- Hamburg 2020 vs. Andrei Rublev.
- Acapulco 2021 vs. Alexander Zverev.
- Barcelona 2021 vs. Rafael Nadal.
- Rotterdam 2022 vs. Felix Auger Aliassime.
- Astana 2022 vs. Novak Djokovic.
(lost everything)
Source: Clarin
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