Greek tennis player Stefanos Tsitsipas is hours away from his Internazionali BNL d’Italia ATP M1000 debut in Rome. In the preview, he spoke exclusively with the tournament press.
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Stefanos Tsitsipas part as one of the candidates to follow closely this week in the Internationals BNL of Italy, since he is one of the best players in the world on clay. This Saturday, the Greek will present him at the Rome ATP (from 15:00 local time) against the Portuguese Nuno Borges. The No. 5 in the world will seek to repeat what he did last season, when he reached the definition of the event -losing to Novak Djokovic-.
Tsitsipas statements
“This profession allows you to explore your limits, starting with those critical moments that you can experience during a match.. The moments where you are having the worst is also when your legs start to get tired, your body feels heavy, the opponent starts to move you from side to side… that’s when you reach your limitsStefanos explained.
Then the Greek continued: “That’s when you can surprise yourself by getting around all that and end up overcoming that adversity, sometimes even more easily than you expected, but it’s the only way to force yourself to give 110% of your effort. You can only experience those kinds of emotions during a match“.
On the other hand, Tsitsipas spoke of the possibility of facing Djokovic: “Everyone wants to beat him, it would be a mistake if you wanted to avoid him, because you would be avoiding the best of what tennis has to offer. If you stay stuck in mediocrity, you can stay on the plain, without advancing, so I don’t want to be another player“.
“For me it is important to have these battles on the track, one day I will be able to tell my grandchildren that I was able to beat the best, although at times I could lose but it is okay to lose. It What counts is giving yourself the opportunity to push yourself to the limit and keep yourself on those big stages.“, finished.
2023-05-12 23:13:31
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