WESTERN & SOUTHERN OPEN

August 21, 2022

Stefanos Tsitsipas

Press Conference

B. CORIC/S. Tsitsipas

7-6, 6-2

THE MODERATOR: Tough luck. What do you think made the difference today after your good start?

STEFANOS TSITSIPAS: I'm not in any condition to answer this question, because I'm still looking for the answer myself. I don't have a clear answer for that.

THE MODERATOR: Questions.

Q. What do you take away from this week as a whole and maybe look to build on going forward?

STEFANOS TSITSIPAS: The ability to understand that I could have done better. I guess I was too relaxed to lose. It cost me.

He was obviously the opposite of what I was, very much involved. Sometimes it makes you not be that much present in the moment when you're too relaxed. It takes away that momentum that you are trying to capture.

I think he was serving well. He was making me move a lot. But, yeah, I could have used my chances in the first set. I don't know why I didn't. I rushed a little bit. He had a few good returns, and it cost me because that first set could have been very life-changing.

Q. Was there any aspect of his game that changed from previous times you have seen him?

STEFANOS TSITSIPAS: Well, I don't know. I mean, he plays the same way he always used to play. Hasn't changed much. He has great groundstrokes. Never comes to the net. Just like a very solid baseliner. Returns well. If he's on a good day, he serves really well. Today he served pretty well.

I have witnessed better serves from him in terms of consistency, but he does these two things well: serve and groundstrokes, baseline game.

For him is just the less he misses, the more he makes your life difficult. He's like a Daniil Medvedev almost but hitting the ball a bit harder, adding a bit more topspin to the ball, opening the court. Basically his ball has a little bit more weight to it when it comes off your strings.