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Tsitsipas Says Father Split Should Have Come Earlier
Stefanos Tsitsipas said he should have ended his coaching partnership with father Apostolos earlier after losing to Brazil’s Joao Fonseca in the second round of the National Bank Open in Montreal. The…
The Story in Brief
Stefanos Tsitsipas said he should have ended his coaching partnership with father Apostolos earlier after losing to Brazil’s Joao Fonseca in the second round of the National Bank Open in Montreal. The Greek, formerly ranked world No. 3, has fallen to 53 in the ATP rankings after a difficult period.
Tsitsipas split with Apostolos before Wimbledon and began working with Thomas Perrin, Patrick Mouratoglou and staff at the Mouratoglou Academy. He won the Gstaad title, his first of the year. Tsitsipas also praised Ben Shelton’s father as an example of how a parent should support a child in competitive tennis, saying few players are coached by their fathers today.
The Indian Opinion
The lazy reading is that a famous father-son coaching partnership was simply a failure, or that one tournament win proves Tsitsipas has solved everything. Neither follows from these facts. His ranking remains 53, and his Montreal defeat came after a hard-fought match, while the new team has produced one title. The fair test is whether his ranking and results keep improving through the rest of the season.
Source: timesnownews.com
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