Tennis professional Stefanos Tsitsipas ‘(23)’ s almost infinitely long toilet breaks are annoying to most of the players. Alexander Zverev (24) found clear words: “That pisses me off, it is disrespectful to the opponent and our sport.”
In almost every match, especially when things don’t go well for him, the Greek disappears into the dressing room and only comes back after more than ten minutes. According to the rules, he is allowed to do so, “but it is an unwritten law among players that it should not be done,” said Zverev. Andy Murray (34), who was kicked out against Tsitsipas in the 1st round of the US Open, even said: “I’ve lost all respect for him.”
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But now a professional Tstsipas jumps aside: Reilly Opelka (24). The American: “I understand it gets into the press because tennis is boring, but the tennis media sucks and horrible too.”
The number 24 in the world probably misjudges the situation. It is not the media that complains, but their own industry, the tennis players themselves. Opelka continues: “None of the journalists has ever set foot on a tennis court in their life, and certainly not under these conditions, with this humidity. They wouldn’t be able to stand it for 30 minutes in this heat. “
Also only partially understandable. Many journalists have played tennis and many ex-professionals now work for the media: Boris Becker, John McEnroe, Mats Wilander, Chris Evert, Jelena Dokic and many others.
Then Opelka explains in an apparently understandable way why Tsitsipas needs more than ten minutes in the cabin. “Moving, we drink a lot, we have to go to the toilet. It takes five or six minutes to change my socks, shoes, insoles in my shoes, shorts, shirt, everything. And then you also have to see the way into the cabin and from the cabin to the seat. “
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In the semifinals in Cincinnati Alexander Zverev was the Tsitsipas “victim”. But the Olympic champion won with anger in his stomach and then took the titleFoto: Darron Cummings/dpa
Zverev can only get a tired smile from that. “It all takes three or four minutes at most, but less than ten.” Opelka also counters the hint from the Olympic champion that everyone saw father Tsitsipas playing on the cell phone, hardly that the son had disappeared into the catacombs.
The service specialist (233 km / h): “I doubt he was coached. I strongly doubt it. For example, I couldn’t even take my bag from the seat when I took the break. If people don’t understand all of this, then obviously they have never had a day in the life of a professional athlete or have come close to him. “
This is now complete nonsense, because as already mentioned: The critics are the professional colleagues from Tsitsipas and Opelka, against whom both play weekly. One should make that clear to the American.
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