Stefanos Tsitsipas spoke ahead of the start of the new season on the professional circuit hoping to win a Grand Slam tournament for the first time and be «the best of them all».
A few days before the start of a new tennis year in the Australian region, like every season, players start to create short-term goals and get excited about winning major championships. Already several years ago, one of the best in the world Stefanos Tsitsipas He talks to the Australian Open networks about the possibility of crowning a Grand Slam title soon and getting closer to the best tennis players.
The Greek commented on how comfortable he usually feels in the Aussie area, where his compatriots are a large community.. «People ask me if I’m ready to win a Grand Slam. I won’t know until it actually happens. My dream is to be the best and I am close to achieving it. To the right direction. I feel at home in Australia. The atmosphere feels very familiar to me. I feel very comfortable around Australians, it’s like I’m one of the others.»
Tsitsipas’ best results in Melbourne
Stefanos Tsitsipas’ path to the Australian Open has been rocky as he barely made his debut at the 2018 edition, losing to Denis Shapovalov in the first round before qualifying semi-final the following year. In that 2019 edition, the Greek surprised the tennis world defeated Roger Federer in the round of 16 in a match to remember. He later also beat Roberto Bautista before losing to Nadal in the semifinals.
The following season, Tsitsipas would suffer a heavy third round knockout from Milos Raonic. Already in 2020 and with Hellene arriving as one of the favourites, she would once again reach the semi-finals at Melbourne Park. On his way, he had to fight five sleeves in the second round against Thanasi Kokkinaki, but the key duel would be in the quarter-finals when Stefanos lost the set 0-2 to Rafael Nadal to return to the top four of the tournament. In the semifinals, he fell to Medvedev in straight sets. In 2022, he would return Australia’s third semi in the last four. In that round, his executioner was again the Russian Medvedev.
