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“I Just Disappointed Myself” – Stefanos Tsitsipas On Poor Grand Slam Performance

Published 03/03/2020, 1:05 PM EST

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Stefanos Tsitsipas has all the tools that are required to become the next big thing in tennis. World number 6 has already won five singles titles on the ATP tour and reached ten finals. However, the only thing that he lacks is a good grand slam record.

His best performance till now has been a semi-final finish at the Australian Open 2019. In fact, he has often found himself unlucky on the big stage, where several lower-ranked players surpass him.

The Greek star opened up on his bad luck at grand slams.

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What did Stefanos Tsitsipas say?

This is what Tsitsipas had to say about his grand slam record –

I had a really bad match at Wimbledon which was quite unlucky for me. I played a lot of matches last year. That bad match happened at Wimbledon against Thomas Fabbiano (losing in five sets in the first round). I wasn’t very happy with myself I have high expectations of myself. Wimbledon is a tournament I love playing. I just disappointed myself.”

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After talking about Wimbledon, Stefanos also talked about his US Open performances –

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I really don’t know what to say about the US Open. I think I was quite unlucky also with the draw at the US Open. I played Andrey Rublev, who was in top form at that period of time. I felt like we’re quite equal in that particular moment. There were just a few points I didn’t play correctly, and he used the upper hand and won in four sets. That was a match I was a bit stressed about playing. I had a bad loss at Wimbledon. It affected me a lot. But despite that, I didn’t really play a bad first round at the US Open.”

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