{"id":130532,"date":"2025-05-25T11:36:09","date_gmt":"2025-05-25T11:36:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/130532\/"},"modified":"2025-05-25T11:36:09","modified_gmt":"2025-05-25T11:36:09","slug":"stefanos-tsitsipas-pinpoints-what-he-realised-watching-back-his-2021-roland-garros-final-against-novak-djokovic-last-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/130532\/","title":{"rendered":"Stefanos Tsitsipas pinpoints what he realised watching back his 2021 Roland Garros final against Novak Djokovic last week"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Stefanos Tsitsipas has had a tricky clay season so far, but he has a chance to finish the swing well at Roland Garros. <\/strong><\/p>\n

Tsitsipas made the last eight<\/a> of the Monte-Carlo Masters in April, but since retiring due to injury in his quarter-final clash with Arthur Fils<\/a> at the Barcelona Open the following week, the world number 20 has found wins hard to come by on his preferred surface. <\/p>\n

The 26-year-old suffered third-round exits at both the Madrid Open and the Italian Open.<\/p>\n

In 2021, Tsitsipas<\/a> made the final of Roland Garros<\/a>, where, after taking a two-set lead, he ultimately lost to Novak Djokovic<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Since then, he has failed to emulate his best campaign at the tournament, having exited in the quarter-final stage two years in a row. <\/p>\n

Tsitsipas spoke about the near-miss in 2021 ahead of this year\u2019s French Open, and explained what he realised about the current state of tennis watching the final back recently.<\/p>\n

\"FrenchPhoto by Tim Clayton\/Corbis via Getty ImagesStefanos Tsitsipas pinpoints two things he realised watching back the 2021 Roland Garros final<\/p>\n

Speaking on the 2021 final, Tsitsipas said: \u201cLast week I watched 25-30 minutes of it, and it made me realise how much of a different player I am today than I was back then. I would say even better now than in that particular final.<\/p>\n

\u201cI just want to pinpoint, tennis has become much more intense, in terms of having to keep up with the level, and that\u2019s what I\u2019ve realised being in that final. <\/p>\n

\u201cTennis is very much different now than it was before Jannik and Carlos came around the corner, but also there are a bunch of guys now that are following in their footsteps and showing the same type of potential. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\u201cI feel like the lineup right now is much more difficult than it was back then, players are so much more mature. <\/p>\n

\u201cShots have changed, players have second forehands in this very moment, so I have to adapt my game and I have to consider certain things moving forward. <\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s growing a lot in intensity, and physically, it has never been in a position like the way it is now, so I see constant evolution and constant growth in the sport.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"FrenchPhoto by Tim Clayton\/Corbis via Getty ImagesStefanos Tsitsipas\u2019 route to the French Open final in 2021<\/p>\n

Tsitsipas didn\u2019t drop a set in his first two matches at Roland Garros in 2021, with comfortable victories over Jeremy Chardy and Pedro Martinez.<\/p>\n

His third-round opponent came in the form of John Isner<\/a>, who he was able to overcome after losing the first set.<\/p>\n

Following another win against Pablo Carreno Busta in the fourth round, Tsitsipas came up against second seed Daniil Medvedev<\/a>.<\/p>\nRoundOpponent<\/tr>\n\nFinal<\/td>\nNovak Djokovic (L)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nSemi-Final<\/td>\nAlexander Zverev (W)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nQuarter-Final<\/td>\nDaniil Medvedev (W)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nFourth Round<\/td>\nPablo Carreno Busta (W)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nThird Round<\/td>\nJohn Isner (W)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nSecond Round<\/td>\nPedro Martinez (W)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nFirst Round<\/td>\nJeremy Chardy (W)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

The Greek star triumphed over the Russian to book his place in the semi-final for the second year in a row. <\/p>\n

Then, in a five-set marathon, Tsitsipas defeated Alexander Zverev in the final four to clinch a maiden Grand Slam final.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Stefanos Tsitsipas has had a tricky clay season so far, but he has a chance to finish the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":130533,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4105],"tags":[5066,4295,79,8730,1068,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-130532","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tennis","8":"tag-french-open","9":"tag-novak-djokovic","10":"tag-sports","11":"tag-stefanos-tsitsipas","12":"tag-tennis","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114568271280108131","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130532","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=130532"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130532\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/130533"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=130532"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=130532"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=130532"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}