Stefanos Tsitsipas: ‘There Wasn’t That Drive I Was Hoping For’ | ATP Tour

Third seed Stefanos Tsitsipas insists his scarcity of grass-court matches within the build-up to Wimbledon, and lack of motivation, had been the elemental components behind his 6-4, 6-4, 6-3 defeat to Frances Tiafoe on Monday.

“For positive lack of matches was essential immediately. The transition from clay to grass, in my view, might be probably the most tough one, if not the most important problem in our sport. I simply wasn’t in a position to adapt,” Tsitsipas mentioned. “I clearly did not need it to be like this, to get to the purpose the place I am utterly uncontrolled.

“There wasn’t that very same preventing spirit that I often put out on the court docket. I wish to see a unique me subsequent time. There have been instances that I used to be rather more motivated than this. However that is no purpose for me to not play effectively.”

The Greek has not performed since his five-set defeat to Novak Djokovic within the remaining at Roland Garros earlier this month. He didn’t play an ATP Tour occasion on grass in June, which is a call the 22-year-old regrets. Nevertheless, Tsitsipas does consider he has the sport to succeed on grass sooner or later.

“I used to be considering possibly I ought to have performed both Mallorca or Eastbourne. These tournaments would have helped get me in a greater shaper,” Tsitsipas admitted. “I wish to pinpoint and say that I’ve all of the qualities and the sport to play on grass.

“I type of began feeling my sport a bit higher in direction of the tip of the third set. I simply want the match would have began within the third set. I wasn’t in a position to keep the depth.”

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Tsitsipas fell within the first spherical at Wimbledon in 2019 to Thomas Fabbiano and is now 3-4 at SW19. After that defeat, he felt like he solely had one sport plan, however believes this was not the problem immediately.

“It might have labored. But it surely was too late. I additionally missed another issues that I later found, [which] might have helped me. It was type of late. Once you’re two units to like down, particularly on grass, all the things is measured as much as particulars, all the things is within the particulars.

“It is not like clay the place you’re two units to like down, it is type of a unique rhythm, a unique tempo, precision isn’t a very powerful factor. You’ll be able to combat your approach out of it.”

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