Stefanos Tsitsipas explained to Sportish what has changed in his serve and the checkmate movement that gave him confidence

Stefanos Tsitsipas put on his big smile as he noticed that 14,000 spectators braved the bad weather and came to support him and the national team in their games against Ecuador in the Davis Cup.

The leading Greek tennis player has no illusions. He knows very well that we are dealing with a new sports audience that is forming in our country and as he picked up the microphone he tried, with apt parallels, to explain to the world what Davis Cup is, what they saw and what the Men’s national team, using the example of the World Cup in Qatar. He compared the world group in which the national team hopes to qualify for the final stages of the World Cup.

He was in good spirits and willing to even explain the changes he made to his personal game at the press conference. When asked by Sportish how he used work science and continued to improve his style of play to better find the corners of the pitch, he was quite graphic. He spoke about both the change he made to his serve and the innovation in his game that gives him extra confidence.

“Now I’m much more relaxed on my serve. I also put a lot of work into the return. Especially on the second serve I pull back more than I used to pull back and try to get the ball as early as possible. And the second leg remains in my active area, I’ll keep that. But in this particular period I have a lot of confidence when I come back from behind.

I use my forehand to push and get to the point aggressively from the first return. By opening up the court and staying relaxed, I use the power my arm can generate, but also the backhand, which can also act as a weapon, especially if the opponent decides to put pressure there.

Of course, the backhand down the line It remains one of my favorite hits that gets me out of so many situations. That, too, has improved even further with a lot of work after many repetitions in training.”

In another related question he said: “I made small technical changes and devoted myself to them to achieve perfection. I don’t think perfection exists, but the closer you are to it, the better you can do your job on the pitch.

It is important for me to be able to say that I have done everything to achieve perfection. I’ll take an example from Djokovic, who we thought had reached the best possible level in recent years, but he shows every year that he’s even better than the year before. That inspires me and he’s my idol at the moment.”