ATP Heartthrob Stefanos Tsitsipas Snubs Ultimate Tennis Glory for ‘A Very Valuable Asset’ in a Bizarre Confession

Despite being one of the top players for quite some time now, Stefanos Tsitsipas has failed to claim the crowning glory on the big stage. He has been in two Grand Slam finals, one at the Australian Open and the other at the French Open. However, he has lost both of them against a familiar foe, Novak Djokovic. He made a shocking confession while comparing the Grand Slams to the ATP World Tour Finals.

The year-ending championship, the ATP Tour Finals, starts in just a few days. The Greek player has already qualified for it and will be one of the strong contenders in the tournament. Here’s what he said about the Grand Slams and the Tour Finals.

Stefanos Tsitsipas rates the ATP World Tour Finals highly

The 25-year-old has fond memories of the ATP World Tour Finals. He won the year-ending championship in his debut appearance at the tournament in 2019. During a recent interview, he made a candid confession on this tournament.

Talking about it, he said, “It’s a whole celebration. The ATP Finals is a commemoration and celebration of the best of the best in our sport. We all gather together and we get to play against each other and focus on the fact that we are the best in the world trying to fight for this mega trophy, which is a grand prize in our sport. It means a lot.”

Further, he went on to add, “I would consider it probably a bigger thing than a Slam, honestly. It has big prestige and it’s a very valuable asset if you’re able to conquer and win it.” Despite putting the year-ending championship on the top of his priority list, Tsitsipas once made a contradictory revelation. In 2020, he was the defending champion but made a shocking claim.

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Tsitsipas once didn’t prioritize ATP World Tour Finals

In 2019, the Greek star defeated Dominic Thiem to clinch the ATP Finals title. While he was gearing up to return to the tournament as the defending champion, Tsitsipas made a contradictory claim.

He said, “Right now, I’m not thinking about the ATP Finals. I’m focusing [on] this week & then next week in Bercy. I feel like these are tournaments that I can do better [at] this year & have a better version of Stefanos on the court, so I’m glad that I’m here.”

Tsitsipas did qualify and play in the 2020 edition of the tournament. However, he was knocked out in the group stage of the tournament. It’ll be interesting to see how he performs this year.

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