Stefanos Tsitsipas

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Tsitsipas Reveals Perspective Shift In Mallorca

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Greek is the second seed at the ATP 250
Sometimes we all need to stop, take stock and rethink a few things. Stefanos Tsitsipas, who arrives at the Mallorca Championships as the second seed, is doing just that.

“I’m trying to enjoy tennis from a perspective that I hadn’t done previously,” the Greek said during the build-up to his opener on Wednesday at the Mallorcan ATP 250. “Expectations aren’t so high, to be honest. I’m enjoying my life, and creating amazing memories is the most important thing at the moment.”

After earning a 17-4 record during the clay season — including a title in Monte Carlo, a final in Rome and a semi-final run in Madrid — Tsitsipas’ first outings on grass have been a little less productive. Tsitsipas has won two of the four matches he has played.

“I’m not focussed on any result, which is great,” the No. 6 player in the Pepperstone ATP Rankings said. “I’ve played in a lot of tournaments recently and I did very well in most, but really I want to enjoy myself and feel that I deserve some fun.”

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That fun outside of tennis is certainly something he has found this week in Mallorca. “What I’ve enjoyed is swimming in the morning on the beach,” he said. “I’m not a huge fan of swimming pools, but I spend my time swimming in the sea and on the beach close to the house we’re living in.”

Tsitsipas is using these days to recharge his batteries before returning to competition, while also practising on the Balearic Island’s courts. “It’s absolutely perfect having this while you play on Tour, because it’s not something that happens often,” Tsitsipas said. “Also, it reminds me of my days in the place where I grew up. I had that life before being a tennis player and it makes me feel at home.

“Having the opportunity to play in a tournament like this and having such a familiar feeling, being by the beach with my loved ones, enjoying life, can sometimes be difficult when you’re away from home.”

There was one thing the Greek was not expecting to see when he set foot on the courts at the Mallorca Country Club: “I was surprised about the colour of the courts. It’s a grass court with a much more intense green and it creates more contrast with the ball, I really like that!”

Tsitsipas plays his opening match in Mallorca on Wednesday against Ilya Ivashka.

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Tsitsipas Sails Into Mallorca Quarter-finals

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Greek will next play American Giron
Could this be the week Stefanos Tsitsipas finds his best grass-court form?

The second seed made a good start on Wednesday at the Mallorca Championships, where he defeated Ilya Ivashka 6-4, 6-4 to reach the quarter-finals. He did not face a break point in his one-hour, 23-minute win.

“[My] serve [is] very important on these kind of courts. I think I was managing the situations on my serve very well," Tsitsipas said in his on-court interview. "I felt a little bit better in the rallies. I felt like after my first serve, I was really able to get behind the ball and pick the right spots. It was I guess very difficult for the opponent to be able to adjust to this. I was doing it very well. I was very dedicated to that. It was really good for me from start to finish.”

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The No. 6 player in the Pepperstone ATP Rankings dominated behind his first serve, losing just five of his points behind his first delivery in the match (29/34). The 2019 Nitto ATP Finals champion also defended his second serve well, claiming 74 per cent of those points, largely due to his aggressive, first-strike tennis.

Tsitsipas has now swept all three of his ATP Head2Head meetings against Ivashka this year, with those matches coming on hard, clay and grass courts, respectively.

The Greek will next face American Marcos Giron, who outlasted countryman Mackenzie McDonald 4-6, 7-6(5), 6-4. Giron and McDonald both played college tennis for the UCLA Bruins. Tsitsipas defeated Giron 6-3, 6-4 in this year's Acapulco quarter-finals.

“He has the game for grass courts, I’ve played him before," Tsitsipas said. "I’m hoping for a battle.”

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Tsitsipas Claws Past Giron In Mallorca

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Greek next plays Bonzi
Stefanos Tsitsipas came through a grass-court battle against American Marcos Giron at the Mallorca Championships on Thursday to reach his first tour-level semi-final on the surface.

The Greek struggled to find his top level against Giron, but raised his game when needed to advance 7-6(5), 4-6, 6-3 in two hours and 35 minutes.

"It was a lot of work today. It was not easy," Tsitsipas said in his on-court interview. "I had to deal with the heat, had to deal with my opponent playing great. It was a big physical effort. I had the fighting spirit."


In a tight clash at the ATP 250 event, Tsitsipas showed his fighting spirit in a tense third set. The second seed saved both break points he faced to hold for 1-0, before he gained the decisive break in the eighth game to improve to 2-0 in his ATP Head2Head series against Giron.

Tsitsipas, who has earned a Tour-leading 38 wins this season, will next play Benjamin Bonzi after the Frenchman defeated Germany’s Daniel Altmaier 6-3, 6-4.

Earlier this month, the World No. 6 earned grass-court victories over Dominic Stricker in Stuttgart and Bonzi in Halle. He now holds a 4-2 record on the surface in 2022.

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