ATP – Tsitsipas: “After the Masters, I had trouble getting out of bed”

Despite a fairly disappointing season with only one title, an ATP 250 at Mexico in July, Stefanos Tsitsipas was still one of the eight best players in the world in 2023. 6th in the world, the Greek participated in the ATP Finals for the fifth consecutive year. Unfortunately, the 25-year-old was unable to fully defend his chances. Injured back, Tsitsipas had to retire after just 10 minutes of play during their second group match against Holger Rune. Since his coronation in 2019, he has never managed to reach the semi-finals of this tournament. Recently, the Greek gave news of his injury.

Video – Tsitsipas apologized after his retirement at the ATP Finals

“I had trouble waking up and getting out of bed.”

“The injury was painful – metaphorically painful, because I couldn’t finish the last tournament of the year. It therefore had serious consequences on my body. The days after the ATP Finals, I had trouble waking up and getting out of bed. In fact, the pain I felt for one to two weeks was very bad. It’s better, I’m better. I do a lot of things every day to reduce the pain I have as much as possible and as quickly as possible to get back to normal. This will take a little time. I’m not 1000% yet,” declared the finalist of the last Australian Openwhich will begin its 2024 season with the United Cup.