Stefanos Tsitsipas just lately talked at size about his objectives for 2021, particularly with respect to his rating. Tsitsipas burdened that he’s eager to finish the season within the high three of the ATP charts.
The Greek additionally assessed his efficiency towards Rafael Nadal within the Barcelona Open closing, which he misplaced in three shut units.
Stefanos Tsitsipas is at the moment getting ready for the Mutua Madrid Open, the place he’s seeded fourth. Chatting with the media forward of his marketing campaign within the Spanish capital, the 22-year-old declared that he has his eyes set on the No. Four rating spot, which Dominic Thiem at the moment occupies.
Tsitsipas believes he has a superb likelihood of gathering a bunch of factors in the course of the ongoing clay swing, which in flip would assist him in his general rating objectives.
“I really feel like I am getting nearer and that I am creating alternatives to get nearer to being quantity 4,” Stefanos Tsitsipas mentioned. “I am not going to lie, it is actually one thing I’ve on my thoughts. I do not assume there’s something incorrect with it, primarily as a result of I’m working so exhausting to realize it. In fact, I am nonetheless distant. I’ve to maintain working and producing good tennis.”
“All these upcoming tournaments are essential as a result of they imply numerous factors,” the Greek added. “Proper now I’m on the head of the Turin Race, and that’s one thing essential to me. I wish to preserve that and end the season within the high three, that is one other of my objectives this 12 months.”
Occurring to talk about his Barcelona Open closing towards Rafael Nadal, Stefanos Tsitsipas claimed that he may have been higher off if he had taken extra dangers. The 22-year-ld believes he performed too ‘passive’ within the match, which ended up costing him.
“In all probability the ultimate helped me to appreciate that I’ve to go for extra at sure moments of the video games, and never settle or look forward to alternatives to come back to me,” Tsitsipas mentioned. “Typically I really feel that in that closing I used to be too passive and that I may have risked extra. I may have tried to do extra unpredictable issues that would have led to one thing completely different within the recreation.”
My objective on the Madrid Open is to get as shut as doable to what I achieved in 2019: Stefanos Tsitsipas
Stefanos Tsitsipas completed because the runner-up on the 2019 Madrid Masters. He defeated Alexander Zverev and Rafael Nadal en path to the title spherical, the place he got here up brief towards Novak Djokovic.
That run was Tsitsipas’ greatest consequence at a claycourt Masters occasion till Monte Carlo this 12 months, the place the Greek completed because the champion. Throughout his presser, Tsitsipas made it clear that he harbors related ambitions from the present version of the Madrid Masters.
“I am not going to lie, my objective is to get as shut as doable to what I achieved in 2019, after I was a finalist right here,” Tsitsipas mentioned. “I’m very excited this week and for the weeks to come back usually.”
Stefanos Tsitsipas believes he nonetheless must fine-tune sure components of his recreation, particularly his serve and volleys. The 22-year-old goals to be much more constant along with his supply, with a excessive first-serve share, and he would additionally prefer to win extra factors on the web.
“In fact I’ve to maintain bettering issues,” Tsitsipas mentioned. “I wish to be extra in step with my serve and play with a better share of first serves. I might additionally prefer to see myself reaching the online extra and increasing my share of factors earned there.”