‘You would think that players hang out together, but it doesn’t really happen’: Stefanos Tsitsipas


‘You would think that players hang out together, but it doesn’t really happen’: Stefanos Tsitsipas

Stefanos Tsitsipas

Greek World No.5 Stefanos Tsitsipas has been in solid form this season. And this week in Monte Carlo, he is looking to reach his first Masters 1000 final since 2019. 

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Tsitsipas beat dangerous opponents Aslan Karatsev and Cristian Garin in the early rounds to make his first ever quarterfinal appearance in the Principality. And in his last-eight match on Friday, Tsitsipas dominated a tricky opening set against Alejandro Davidovich Fokina before the Spaniard was forced to retire due to a thigh injury.

The Greek reached the last four at last year’s Roland Garros and has never lost a Masters quarterfinal on clay. And he is one of the favorites to win at the Principality.

Stefanos Tsitsipas comments on players not hanging out with each other

Stefanos Tsitsipas
Stefanos Tsitsipas

Stefanos Tsitsipas isn’t particularly much loved on tour due to his attitude.

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Recently, he made comments about his fellow colleagues on tour. He said that most of the players aren’t close friends and they don’t hang out together.

“I’m not particularly friends or close with any of [the young players] … You would think that players hang out together, but it doesn’t really happen,” Tsitsipas said. “That’s how the tour is. You do your job, you do your thing, you go back to the room and wait for tomorrow.”

Tsitsipas will face Dan Evans in the semi-final of the Monte Carlo Masters on Saturday.

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