Stefanos Tsitsipas refuses to handle drama after attempting to kick mum out of tie

Tsitsipas and his household hit headlines once more final week throughout the Italian Open. The 24-year-old contested a heavily-delayed semi-final match with Medvedev because the conflict was rained off for five hours midway by the opening set.

When play lastly resumed, the world No 5 went on to drop the opening set 7-5 and voiced his frustrations at his mum, telling her to cease talking to him in Russian as a result of Medvedev may perceive. She was then seen strolling out of his participant field and up the steps of the stadium, taking a seat in a random chair.

Commentators revealed that the 24-year-old urged his dad to inform his mum to go away, prompting her to modify seats. And Tsitsipas refused to handle the incident when he was quizzed over it for the primary time on Friday.

“I have no comment on that,” the nine-time title winner stated when he was requested whether or not these incidents drained his psychological vitality. It got here after Tsitsipas confirmed that he had break up with Mark Philippoussis, who joined the workforce in the beginning of the 12 months.

The world No 5 claimed that he was drained by too many voices in his teaching nook and wished to stay with one key mentor, presumably his foremost coach – his father Apostolos. “I’m at a phase of my career in life where I need one coach that can provide all the information, all the analysis, all of the things that I’m looking for to improve my game. Less is more, in my opinion,” he stated of his break up with former professional Philippoussis.

“I feel like there are a lot of people I could bring in my team that could help for sure by sharing their thoughts and opinions about what can I do better and how can I do it better. But it is very important to stick with few people, in my opinion, and make that work, because when you have a lot of people around you, it can get very draining for your mental energy, too. So that is also one of the reasons.”