After Roger Federer, Marcos Baghdatis was my favorite player

Greek tennis star Stefanos Tsitsipas grew up desirous to turn into a prime participant and to signify his nation in the absolute best manner. Tsitsipas, 22, is without doubt one of the most gifted and promising participant on the Tour and plenty of imagine he’ll sooner or later turn into a Grand Slam champion and world No.

1. Tsitsipas is presently ranked at No. 6 on the earth and his greatest title got here on the Nitto ATP Finals in 2019. “It’s one thing stunning to have created myself, with the assistance of my dad and mom,” Tsitsipas informed Greek journal DownTown, as revealed on Tennis Majors.

”I keep in mind that as a baby I had idols, tennis gamers I wished to be like and I used to be unhappy {that a} nation like Greece didn’t have a prime athlete. We had Konstantinos Economidis, whom I supported after I was younger, however we by no means had a tennis participant within the Prime 100 or Prime 50, somebody who would obtain good ends in Grand Slams and promote the game within the nation.’

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Tsitsipas rooted for Cypriot Marcos Baghdatis

Tsitsipas was an enormous Roger Federer fan rising up however he additionally beloved to look at Baghdatis. ”There was, after all, Marcos Baghdatis, whom I watched and beloved very a lot,” Tsitsipas revealed.

”He was my favorite, after Federer, after all, who was my idol and the one I wished to be like. I wanted a lot for one thing to be achieved in Greece, for there to be a very good tennis participant sooner or later and that most likely made me harder.

I wished to show that we are able to play tennis in Greece as effectively. So, I went out and through the years I managed to get some outcomes and lift the extent of tennis in Greece. It was an enormous dream of mine and an incredible want for tennis to come back to the forefront”.

Baghdatis, a former world No. 8, performed the final match of his profession at Wimbledon in 2019. Baghdatis received 4 ATP titles throughout his profession.