Wimbledon, England — Greece’s Stefanos Zitzpas mentioned he has no reply to his ongoing health points after being pressured to retire from Wimbledon’s first spherical match on Monday on account of a again harm.
Previous World No. 3 Tsitsipas, sowed twenty fourth in London, adopted 6-3, 6-2 to French qualifiers Valentin Royer after they deemed ample.
“I have been combating quite a lot of wars lately,” mentioned Tsitsipas, who completed second within the Grand Slam occasion. “It is actually painful to see myself in a scenario like this. It looks like the reply is gone. I do not know. I’ve tried all the things.
“I did an unbelievable job in my health. I’ve accomplished an unbelievable job in bodily remedy, so I maximized all the things I may. Now I’ve completely no solutions left.”
Tsitsipas mentioned he has suffered from declining accidents since withdrawing from the ATP Tour Finals in 2023.
He has solely reached one quarter within the final 9 Grand Slam tournaments, and his hopes to play within the US appear in danger.
Tsitsipas, who lately began working with Novak Djokovic’s former coach Golan Ivanisevic, mentioned: “There are restrictions in some unspecified time in the future so I positively want my closing reply as as to if I need to do one thing within the subsequent few months.
“Tennis is a spinning sport. If you cannot spin, there isn’t any motive to play it.”
Reuters contributed to this report.
