{"id":333093,"date":"2025-08-10T12:21:11","date_gmt":"2025-08-10T12:21:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/333093\/"},"modified":"2025-08-10T12:21:11","modified_gmt":"2025-08-10T12:21:11","slug":"stefanos-tsitsipas-explains-what-his-father-has-been-doing-since-rejoining-his-coaching-team-that-inspires-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/333093\/","title":{"rendered":"Stefanos Tsitsipas explains what his father has been doing since rejoining his coaching team that inspires him"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Stefanos Tsitsipas has managed to instill some stability after a tumultuous few months on the ATP Tour.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Greek star, formerly world number three, has slipped to 30 in the world after struggling to perform to his previously high standards.<\/p>\n

His rocky relationship with Goran Ivanisevic ended<\/a> on July 31, just two months after the pair had started working together.<\/p>\n

\"StefanosPhoto by Tim Clayton\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

This two-month period was encapsulated by a run of poor results and a player-coach relationship that was clearly incompatible. After all, Ivanisevic publicly criticised Tsitsipas, with the Croat saying he\u2019d never seen a more \u2018unprepared\u2019 player in his life<\/a>.<\/p>\n

However, Stefanos has now reunited with his father, Apostolos. The 26-year-old enjoyed his best results on the ATP Tour when working with his father previously.<\/p>\n

Stefanos Tsitsipas says he doesn\u2019t think he\u2019s worked with someone as determined as his father before<\/p>\n

Apostolos Tsitsipas had coached Stefanos from a young age, helping the young talent realise his potential as one of the best players on the ATP Tour<\/a>.<\/p>\n

However, the pair split last August after Stefanos lost to former US Open finalist Kei Nishikori at the Canadian Open<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The pair have been reunited after the Ivanisevic split, and their rekindled relationship has started on the right foot; Stefanos defeated Fabio Marozsan 7-6 6-2 in his opening Cincinnati Open contest.<\/p>\n

Speaking to the Tennis Channel after his opening victory in Cincinnati<\/a>, Tsitsipas discussed the decision to re-introduce his father into the coaching setup.<\/p>\n

He said: \u201cIt\u2019s great having him back in the team. Well, it\u2019s one of those things that nothing else can beat.<\/p>\n

\u201cI feel like we\u2019ve worked together for so many years, we\u2019ve built so many amazing memories together. Obviously, a father-son relationship can be also complicated from time to time, I won\u2019t deny that.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve had our good moments we\u2019ve had our bad moments, not being able to communicate with ease in certain aspects or ways but you know we\u2019re not perfect, we\u2019re trying to figure it out, I\u2019ve been very open with him which I\u2019ve never allowed myself to be that open and that transparent with him ever. <\/p>\n

\u201cSo it is important for me to start developing that habit and that sort of ritual of being a better communicator when I\u2019m going to be surrounded by him.<\/p>\n

So these are important things to figure out together. He\u2019s a great person; he\u2019s allowed me to become the person I am today. Not just the tennis player but the Stefanos I am today, so there are a lot of things I owe to him.<\/p>\n

I really want to build something special, something lasting, something that serves as memorable in my career and our moments outside of the court too.<\/p>\n

Tsitsipas then spoke on his work with his father in Toronto. The pair had some extra days to practice due to the Greek\u2019s early exit in Canada.<\/p>\n

He said: \u201cWe\u2019ve put a lot of work in. We\u2019ve spent at least three to four days practicing in Toronto after my loss, which is not normal. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe usually try to find a flight to go to the next destination but we enjoyed our time there, I feel like there was a lot of bonding between me and him regardless of whether I won or not.<\/p>\n

\"ApostolosPhoto by Clive Brunskill\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

\u201cI feel like [we\u2019re able to] have few moments on court where we can communicate to what feels uncomfortable, what can we improve on.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe dedication and the determination of my father. I don\u2019t think I\u2019ve worked ever with a person that is so determined and is so willing to just put hours and hours on the court in order to have the right outcome.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd that is inspiring to me because it shows to me that he\u2019ll just do anything for me in order to\u2026 either that\u2019s succeed or become the better version of myself and that fuels me up. <\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I see a person like this, that literally gives his soul and all of his energy in order for me to extract the most out of it, it just really gets to my heart so I really find this very important.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2018I\u2019ve missed it\u2019<\/p>\n

The Greek star then spoke about connecting with his father in the right way, expressing that he has \u2018missed\u2019 working with his father.<\/p>\n

He said: \u201cAbsolutely, yeah I mean we haven\u2019t spent a lot of time on the court in the last year. He was mainly my father. He was mainly there as a father figure.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd I won\u2019t lie I\u2019ve missed it. I\u2019ve missed it and I realise this, [the] more time we spend on the court, more times I come to the realisation that I really needed this in a long time.\u201d<\/p>\n

Tsitsipas faces Benjamin Bonzi in the Cincinnati Open third round. The French star stunned Lorenzo Musetti in the second round, winning in three sets.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Stefanos Tsitsipas has managed to instill some stability after a tumultuous few months on the ATP Tour. The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":333094,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4105],"tags":[79963,107663,79,8730,1068,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-333093","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tennis","8":"tag-atp-tennis-players","9":"tag-cincinnati-open","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\/115004446963063528","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/333093","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=333093"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/333093\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/333094"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=333093"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=333093"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=333093"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}