Stefanos Tsitsipas came very close to lifting the first trophy of Grand Slam of his career. This Sunday, the 22-year-old Greek was two sets up against Novak Djokovic in the end of Roland Garros, but the Serbian imposed his power, traced the result and stayed with the Parisian brick dust title.
It was a great sporting disappointment for the player who occupies the number 4 position in the ATP ranking, who later shared on social networks the hard moment that he had to go through minutes before going out on the field. The Greek revealed that in the previous meeting with Nole he learned of the death of his grandmother, who was a bastion in his personal and professional life.
“Life is not about winning or losing, it is about enjoying every moment, alone or in the company of others. Live a life with meaning, without misery and without baseness. Raising trophies and celebrating victories is something, but not everything”Tsitsipas wrote on his Instagram account hours after the defeat against Djokovic by 6-7 (6-8), 2-6, 6-3, 6-2 and 6-4 in just over four hours of play.
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Later, he shared with his followers: “Five minutes before entering the court, my dear grandmother lost her battle with life. She was a wise woman, whose faith in life and willingness to give and provide cannot be compared to that of any human being I have ever met. ”
“It is important to have more people like her in this world because people like her give life and make you dream. I mean that regardless of the day, the circumstance or the situation, this is entirely dedicated to her and only to her. Thank you for raising my dad. Without him this would not have been possible ”, he concluded.
This was the the final of the Grand Slam of Tsitsipas, that so far he had lost the three semifinals he had reached in big tournaments. After his coronation, Novak Djokovic dedicated some very special words to him: “I understand what is happening to him and how difficult it is to lose like this. These are the moments when one has to learn and has to draw the best conclusions. This is surely going to make you much stronger and you are going to win many Grand Slam tournaments in the future”.
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