The 25-year-old Greek tennis star, Stefanos Tsitsipas, has navigated through the highs and lows throughout the 2023 season. He started the season by winning 10 matches in a row and guided his nation to the SF of the United Cup in Sydney before showcasing his heroics in Melbourne Park. But even after a stellar start, he failed to hold the momentum for the rest of the season and won just one title this year. Tsitsipas had to put an abrupt end to his season after sustaining a back injury at the ATP Finals later this year. But his poor performances and off-the-court activities always kept him in the limelight.

The number 6, now looks to ‘reboot’ himself before the start of the next season. But he admits that rising further up the table and winning big titles is tougher than ever before. Recently, he gave an interview to The National at Etihad Arena in UAE where he shed light on the quality of the ATP Tour being at its ‘peak’ in recent days. However, this started a full-fledged outrage against Tsitsipas. 

Stefanos Tsitsipas slammed by the fans for his ‘peak’ assessment 

The former number 3 hasn’t been in the good books of the fans recently. Yet again he faced the heat of the fans when he made a remark on the recent quality of the ATP Tour.

Here’s what he said, “We have a great quality of tennis players, ones that can push each other to the limits. I think the moment has come where tennis is at its peak in a way. I’m lucky to be in that era because it’s an era that is constantly developing. And it kind of reaches new heights. My goal there is to improve my own qualities and my own tennis that comes with the whole package in order to compete against these players. Because these are the fittest, strongest, most enduring tennis players that our sport has seen in a long time.” 

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It didn’t take long for the fans to take a jibe at the Greek, as one of them stated perhaps Tsitsipas has never seen the ‘real peak of the ATP Tour.‘

While the other took a slight dig at his citing it has more quality than him.

Few of them found his remark funny, as they said, ‘The old men of the prior era are still beating them.‘

Some of them went a little further calling him the ‘Influencer who plays tennis for fun.‘

Another one said, ‘A random mug like you finishing in the top 10 itself on the basis of one fluke slam final run is a disgrace in itself.‘

Stefanos Tsitsipas also didn’t forget to mention during the interview that has almost fully recovered from his back pain. And, now he’s looking forward to his goals for 2024. What are those?

Tsitsipas has his eyes on the biggest prizes for the upcoming season

After staying out of the court in the later stages of the season due to an injury, the 25YO revealed he didn’t get much time for preseason. But he assured his fans that spending quality time with his family and doing rehab sessions has helped him improve his situation. 

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Recently, he was in Abu Dhabi. Now he’ll have to travel to Sydney to kickstart his campaign for Greece at the United Cup. Greece will face Chile on January 2 next year in their opening clash. But there are bigger goals for him this year. Tsitsipas revealed that he is looking for a Grand Slam title and bringing a medal for his country in the Paris Olympics. The Greek would surely love to put himself in the good books of the fans. Say what?

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