Lower than 24 hours after opening up with reporters about how disenchanted he was within the teaching of his father Apostolos, Stefanos Tsitsipas has taken to social media to announce that his father will not be teaching him.
“It’s with a heavy coronary heart that I inform you that my collaboration with my father as a coach has come to an finish. I want to maintain my father in his function as a father, and solely as a father,” Tsitsipas posted on X.
Σας ενημερώνω με βαριά καρδιά ότι η συνεργασία μου με τον πατέρα μου ως προπονητής έχει φτάσει στο τέλος της. Προτιμώ να κρατήσω τον πατέρα μου στον ρόλο του ως πατέρας, και μόνο ως πατέρας.
Η φιλοσοφία μας διδάσκει ότι η σοφία έρχεται μέσα από την κατανόηση των ορίων μας και…
— Stefanos Tsitsipas (@steftsitsipas) August 9, 2024
Tsitsipas and Apostolos had a confrontation through the Greek’s 6-4, 6-4 loss to Kei Nishikori on Thursday in Montreal.
“My father hasn’t been very good or superb at dealing with these conditions, attempting to alleviate what’s occurring contained in the courtroom – that’s actually poor efficiency and it isn’t the primary time he has performed that. I’m actually disenchanted,” he advised reporters.
Requested on the time if he’d take into account making a change, Tsitsipas stated:
“I actually do not know proper now if I would take into account any modifications, however I am very disenchanted as a result of an important factor for a participant with a coach is to have direct and good suggestions, and to have a coach that listens to the participant.
“The coach isn’t the one holding a racket. The participant is the one that’s attempting to execute a recreation plan and attempting to make issues occur on the tennis courtroom. I’ve energy in some extent however It is also a collaborative work that you simply put in collectively. It must be reciprocal to ensure that me to attempt to develop my tennis. It is one thing that I actually do not need to keep stagnant at.”
Tsitsipas thanked his father, and added that the pair will proceed to journey collectively, with Apostolos that includes as an advisor.
“My father has been attempting for the previous few years to coach me, increase me the correct method and supply me with data and knowledge, each on and off the sphere,” he wrote. “I thank him for that. I thank him for the sacrifices, ache and struggling he has endured to make this endeavor a hit. Any longer, his function will stay inside the confines of the daddy function, and that alone.
“My father will proceed to journey with me and be there to assist me and supply help off the sphere, as I’ve all the time wished. I’ve trusted my father with the teaching function for therefore a few years, and I take into account our partnership to achieve success. I am unsure who will take his place, and I am not ready to determine but.”
It’s not the primary time Tsitsipas and his father ended their coach/participant relationship. The pair parted methods for 2 months final yr as Mark Philippoussis took the reins. It didn’t final.
Eleventh-ranked Tsitsipas is 35-15 on the season with a Masters 1000 title in Monte-Carlo. He has 335 profession wins and 11 ATP titles, and has reached two main finals, all along with his father on the helm.
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