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Stefanos Tsitsipas continues to be suffering from again issues which have compromised his path on the 2023 ATP Finals. The Greek tennis participant actually ended his season with the painful withdrawal on the Nitto ATP Finals, throughout the second Spherical Robin match with Holger Rune.
And it appears there are additionally doubts in regards to the upcoming 2024 tennis season, which can start in Australia. Current on the World Tennis League, a blended workforce exhibition occasion, the present quantity 6 within the ATP world rating initially determined to play solely doubles, sporting a bandage round his stomach.
After the primary day of competitors, Tsitsipas didn’t play a singles match and he was formally changed by Lloyd Harris. Tsitsipas could have properly chosen to cease as a precaution in order to not compromise his begin to the season or, in any other case, his presence in Australia could be thought-about in danger.
The Greek, we recall, reached the final act of the match within the final version of the Australian Open and can subsequently be known as upon to defend many factors.
The damage suffered on the ATP Finals 2023
Tsitsipas was not at his greatest even earlier than the match he clearly misplaced in opposition to Jannik Sinner in Turin and acquired a number of criticisms for not taking a step again earlier than saying goodbye to the Masters Event.
Tsitsipas tried to take the sector within the match with Rune, however stopped after simply 17 minutes and three video games performed. The gang current in Turin didn’t react nicely and booed the Greek a number of instances. “The damage was painful, actually painful, as a result of I could not end the final match of the yr.
So it had a huge impact on my physique. Within the days following the ATP Finals I had issue waking up and getting off the bed. In reality, the ache I felt for every week or two was very extreme,” Tsitsipas mentioned in a latest interview.
After Christmas, the Greek will consider together with his workforce his bodily situations, to grasp whether or not or not they might have an effect on his presence in Australia.