Home

Tennis

Stefanos Tsitsipas Mocks Famous Tik-Toker Khaby Lame During On-Court Banter

Published 11/12/2021, 4:30 PM EST

Follow Us

USA Today via Reuters

Stefanos Tsitsipas, who is looking to bounce back at the upcoming World Tour Finals this year, will play his opening round match against Andrey Rublev on Tuesday. The Greek, who had a forgettable ATP season post Wimbledon retired from the opening round match against Alexei Popyrin at Paris Masters.

Stefanos Tsitsipas takes part in a hilarious video along with noted Tik-tok artist, Khaby Lame

ADVERTISEMENT

Article continues below this ad

The Greek recently posted a video on twitter, where he performed alongside famous Tik-Tok artist, Khaby Lame. The Senegal-born personality, who shot to fame during the lockdown last year with his reaction videos on Tik-tok, became the second most followed person on the app.

Coming to the clip, Khaby Lame tried a serve which went really long(into the stands) as Tsitsipas took over and hit the serve perfectly. Later, the Greek gave a similar reaction to what Lame does in his reaction videos.

Trending

Get instantly notified of the hottest Tennis stories via Google! Click on Follow Us and Tap the Blue Star.

Follow Us

Tsitsipas tweeted, “You’re welcome, Khaby Lame”. 

Surely, this was an unexpected collaboration that turned out to be hilarious. With Khaby residing in Italy, fans might expect some more reaction videos from the Senegalese at the upcoming ATP World Tour Finals.

Coming to Stefanos Tsitsipas, he had a prolific start to the year as he reached the semi-finals at the Australian Open and went on to reach his maiden slam final at Roland Garros. Against Djokovic, the world no.4 was up by two sets before the Serb decided to stage yet another epic comeback of sorts.

Post the French Open defeat, the Greek star struggled to sustain the heat on grass and hard-courts. At SW19, he lost to the American, Frances Tiafoe in straight sets.

USA Today via Reuters

Watch this story: Rafael Nadal and Serena Williams Lead the List of Most-Followed Tennis Players on Instagram

Tsitsipas is drawn alongside Djokovic, Rublev, and Ruud at ATP World Tour Finals 2021

Even though Tsitsipas managed to reach the semi-finals at Cincinnati and Montreal Masters, he was outpowered by Opelka and Zverev respectively.

ADVERTISEMENT

Article continues below this ad

Adding to this, there were adverse reactions from fans and fellow players alike to his long bathroom breaks that took the attention away from his tennis. Andy Murray and Alexander Zverev were the ones to openly rebuke the Greek over the delay in bathroom breaks.

USA Today via Reuters

As a result of his withdrawal from Paris Masters, Stefanos Tsitsipas had enough time to recover from injury and will try to stop the likes of Novak Djokovic, Andrey Rublev, and Casper Ruud at the year-end championships that are due to start from Sunday.

ADVERTISEMENT

Article continues below this ad

“Currently Only One Big Player”: Stefanos Tsitsipas on Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic

 

SHARE THIS ARTICLE :

Written by:

Sagar Ashtakoula

849Articles

One take at a time

Sagar Ashtakoula is a Tennis author at EssentiallySports. He has been following the sport since 2007. Sagar has completed his graduation in Electronics and Communication Engineering.
Show More>