Stefanos Tsitsipas: "Daniil Medvedev's game is one-dimensional"
Stefanos Tsitsipas spoke on Greek television about the newly crowned Grand Slam winner Daniil Medvedev . And given critical assessments of its play area for the best.
by Michael Rothschädl
last edit: Sep 21, 2021, 01:52 pm
For Stefanos Tsitsipas, his best Grand Slam season so far ended with two disappointments in a row. While the Greek had reached the semi-finals Down Under in the first half of the year and topped this result with his first major final at the French Open, his appearances at Wimbledon and Flushing Meadows did not necessarily reveal euphoric performances.
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In the lawn classic, the world number three had to give up in round one, in New York City was the last stop for the 23-year-old in the third round - after a memorable defeat against youngster Carlos Alcaraz. What remains of the appearances of the young Greek, however, are the discussions about the excessively long toilet breaks of the Athenian, which should now lead to a planned regulation of this.
Tsitsipas doesn't necessarily understand excitement about break
Excitement that the man from Greece can't understand: "If I win the set 6-0 and then take a toilet break, that's not good for me. And that's what I did, so it's really not bad "said Tsitsipas. And whether he used the breaks to receive coaching from Father Apostolos on his cell phone? "In my dreams, yes," said Tsitsipas on Greek television.
The title honors of the US Open were given to the man whose paths crossed two times with Stefanos Tsitsipas at major level in 2021: Daniil Medvedev. The balance? Balanced. Tsitsipas was quite surprised that the Russian has now achieved the great coup of a Grand Slam success: "Medvedev is very consistent, he is a very difficult opponent. I am surprised that he can achieve such results with this style of play to achieve."
Medvedev currently "best player"
Because the 25-year-old's play system doesn't really suit Tsitsipas' taste: "I wouldn't say that Medvedev's game is boring, I would say it's one-dimensional." Nonetheless, the 23-year-old also took the opportunity to express his respect for the Russian's achievements. Medvedev is, according to Tstisipas, "the best player at the moment". The world number three is convinced that he has impressively underpinned it with his results this calendar year.
In spite of the recent upgradable performance at major level, Tsitsipas count himself to the absolute top of the world, as he emphasized: "I consider myself one of the best, but I have to prove it on the court," said the man from Athens. The early elimination of the last time had nothing to do with a difference in quality in favor of his opponents: "They are not better, but at that time they played better," said Tsitspas.