Stefanos Tsitsipas has always been a loner, a lone Wolf who wants to goes on his way and find out where he belongs. As a child his home to the Glyfada tennis club in Athens, where the father Apostolos and mother Julia, a former Russian top player – were active. Also, as a professional, the Greek remained a geek, to cut curious through the cities when he plays, to create with cameras, tripods and drones contributions for his Youtube channel.

Bad also, these are not, and the number of its subscribers is increasing these days remarkably strong. But also in the success of the recent Grand-Slam-semi-finalist remains for almost twelve years, and Novak Djokovic (US Open 2007) uncompromising. “Sometimes, when I’m sad, I make such Videos and I feel better,” he says after his quarter-final victory over Roberto Bautista Agut. “I will continue to do so. It relaxes me and shows me that Tennis is the most Important. We all have hidden talents.”

“A kind of battle”

Tsitsipas, whose three siblings also play Tennis, in a drawer with a plug. With his long hair (“My trademark, I’ll keep her”) he acts like the ‘ 70s, sprung – his Tennis seems to be a harbinger of the future. Unlike many colleagues, he does not long to test its limits before it exceeds you. The 20-Year-old two days after the victory over Federer, his Idol, once again was a top performance against a ten-year-older opponent is unusual, but to him indicative.

“He’s born to be a kind of battle,” says Patrick Mouratoglou, whose Academy in the South of France Tsitsipas trained often. “That was what attracted me to him, when he was 17. And so it goes in Tennis. Nadal, Federer and Djokovic are the best athletes of the last few years.” Thanks to Eurosport, for whom he has great respect for, trained Tsitsipas in Australia with Serena Williams.

Although he was not yet in the world, as Federer was the 1998 Junior winner at Wimbledon, impress him and his games against Tennis greats little. In Toronto, he suggested 2018 with Thiem, Djokovic, Zverev and Anderson as the Youngest ever four Top-10 players in a row before he lost to Nadal. He wins with 20 such achievements, what sets him apart from his peers – such as Alexander Zverev, the acts of the Grand Slams compared to him as a novice.

also Tsitsipas of the concomitants of success spared that can be at the millstone: hype, expectation, pressure, self-doubt remains. The night after the victory over Federer had been hard, he says. “I couldn’t fall asleep. A toe ached and kept me awake. I felt pain and tension all over the body.” His fear, even the night before the quarter-final might be hard, was unnecessary.

Due to his young age, he mastered the hype is impressive. “I had very many reactions. Congratulations, Messages, Pictures, Videos. People in Greece are very well known, one of which I had but known that you are looking Tennis.” The good news to him, but he didn’t react anyway. “That would have to takes a lot of time. I knew that the victory over Federer is important for my Image. That is the biggest challenge of the next Match.”

Greek

the first Greek semi-finalist in the Grand Slam history is not looking for the solitude deliberately isolated, he had already explained at the beginning of the tournament. “As a child, I was shy, but now I, me, in the presence of other well-being learn how to speak with them. However, many players do not want to be your friends, if you speak the same language. This is a Problem. Spaniards, Latin Americans, or Asians.” He would like to have more friends, but it was difficult, he admitted.

with the exception of the 13 years older Marcos Baghdatis playing for Cyprus, but of Greek origin. With him he had at the Australian Open doubles play. Because of the Melbourne-Finalist in 2006, was subject to at the time, just Federer, but in the qualification lost, he departed, and the double was not to be. In the meantime, he was Baghdatis grateful, says Tsitsipas, because he was able to focus on the individual. “I live like in a dream,” he said to the audience, “but in a, I worked for the I hard.” (Tages-Anzeiger.ch/Newsnet)

Created: 23.01.2019, 19:25 PM