“His Father Needs to Get Out of There”: 7-Time Grand Slam Champion on Stefanos Tsitsipas’ On-Court Coaching

Stefanos Tsitsipas is looking to recreate his last year’s Australian Open run. The Greek player, today, entered the quarter-finals of the Australian Open 2022 after beating 20th seed Taylor Fritz in the fourth round. However, all did not seem to go well for him. 

Tsitsipas received an on-court coaching violation during his third round encounter. However, his father and coach, Apostolos Tsitsipas, was again seen giving advice to him during the match.   

Tennis greats Mats Wilander and Tim Henman commented on the matter, urging Apostolos to stop it. 

Mats Wilander and Tim Henman urge father to stop on-court coaching

Former World No.1 Mats Wilander asked Apostolos Tsitsipas to stop giving on-court coaching to his son Tsitsipas. He said, “At some point his father needs to get out of there.” Stefanos was told by the umpire to talk to his father, otherwise, he would get another violation. 

Seven-time Grand Slam champion, Wilander said, “The situation [with the umpire] happens and then in the fifth set Tsitsipas wins it 6-4. He plays a brilliant set, maybe the best set in the whole match.”

Mats Wilander wasn’t the only person to have commented on this. British former player Tim Henman also had a similar view.

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Agreeing with Wilander, Henman said, “It will make Stefanos a better player if he works it out for himself.” He further added, “If he always has his dad in his ear saying ‘serve here, run there’ I don’t think he develops. To see the way that he played and behaved in the fifth set was really impressive.”

Stefanos Tsitsipas is in the Quarter Finals of Australian Open 2022

After surviving the Taylor Fritz scare, Stefanos Tsitsipas is once again in the quarters of the Australian Open. The World No. 4 hit 19 aces, 53 winners, and saved 13 out of 15 breakpoints to finally win the match 4-6, 6-4, 4-6, 6-3,6-4. The display of fierce competition between the two lasted for 3 hours 23 minutes. 

Even though the Greek won the match, Fritz put him under a high-pressure test. The 5-setter was a chain of intense moments, with a number of ups and downs. He will now face 11th seed Jannik Sinner, to book a place in the top 4. 

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