Tsitsipas: “I’m better than what I show”

Stefanos Tsitsipas suffered a 2-1 set defeat against Yannick Hanfman in the second round of the Mallorca Open on Wednesday (June 29) and was eliminated early from the tournament he had won last season.

The Greek tennis player, who was in Spain for a few days for the tournament, gave an interview to AS in which he spoke about his expectations and his game, among other things, while also mentioning his partner Paula Bandosa.

“I’ve had moments in my career where I’ve shown frustration and anger. I have expectations and I feel like I’m better than what I’m showing. I’ve received a lot of criticism, as have many players. And it can be difficult.” digest. So far my performance is not what I should have, I can do a lot more. I haven’t achieved what I should have.

But at the same time I do my best, I try 100%. I can’t say I don’t go out there to fight and do my best. But these things can only be solved with a lot of practice and training, so that the dreams continue to flow.

I have worked with psychologists for many years, with him since I was 14 years old. Sometimes doing it regularly and consistently can be too much. It becomes mentally tiring to talk about the same things. Sometimes during the year I take breaks and don’t talk to him much.

It depends on my state of mind, what I think is good for me. Certainly, I think psychologists help in all sports. But the team you have around you helps even more I think. The people who are with you every week”, were the words of No. 5 in the world.

Regarding his relationship with Bandosa, he said: “It’s the best thing that could have happened to me. It might not be easy at first because of the media interest and the consequences that come with it, because people are talking.”

But I try not to be careful. It’s inevitable, it will happen. It may take some time to get used to, but now it’s really nice to get used to something like this because nothing like this has ever happened. He’s the one.

I admire her very much. She is my favorite player. He strikes me as a very interesting personality. Not only because of her looks, but also because of what she carries inside. When he plays, I see myself. I see that she’s doing a lot of things on the pitch that I would do too.

It’s very rare that there’s a player on the other side that I can talk about like that. She inspires me. This makes me love tennis even more. It motivates me to get better. I may not have won many games in the past few weeks, but that’s not their fault. We discuss it. When I’m on the pitch, it’s my responsibility.

He’s the most understanding person I’ve ever met. He wants the best for me. I’m so lucky to have him in my life. We laugh, we cry, we celebrate, we are more together.

I hope we can create dreams and conquer them together. Because it’s such a beautiful thing. I want it to be a beautiful life with beautiful memories.