Former fitness coach criticizes Stefanos Tsitsipas’ work ethic
Over the past several years, Tsitsipas’s performance has been erratic, and his previous fitness coach suggested that the player is solely to blame for it.
Stefanos Tsitsipas has every right to be a regular high performer on the ATP tour. Regardless of the surface, he moves the court well, and he lacks a real weakness. Nevertheless, he has only ever won one championship in each of the previous two seasons and has never achieved a Grand Slam.
The Greek athlete has a track record of faltering in the second halves of seasons, particularly when it comes to winning Grand Slams. Tsitsipas has advanced to three semifinals and one final in the hard-court Australian Open.He has been to at least the quarterfinals four times and to the final once in the French Open.
However, following his performance at Roland Garros in late May, Tsitsipas struggles in every subsequent major. His victory percentage at Wimbledon is 57% (as opposed to 77 and 76 at Melbourne and Paris, respectively), and his best result was making it to the fourth round. His greatest result in the US Open, which is a hard court event similar to the Australian Open, is the third round, which he achieved in 2020 and 2021.
Some harsh realities are revealed by former fitness coach Stefanos Tsitsipas.
If Tsitsipas gets some rest before each season, does it mean he’s more prepared for the start of the calendar year? Maybe he works less when the new year starts. Although that isn’t a known truth, that is the inference made by Christos Fiotakis, his former fitness coach.
Tsitsipas and Fiotakis parted ways following the French Open. Usually, there are some kind, friendly comments said when a player and a team member part ways. Not at this particular instance. Fiotakis doubted Tsitsipas’ desire to succeed and his readiness to want to be a great player. It seemed as though the fitness coach announced his resignation from Tsitsipas in an attempt to work with athletes who were more motivated than Tsitsipas.
“We got Stefanos back on his feet, back to being a healthy athlete and competing at a high level following his injury,” Fiotakis said to the Greek website SDNA. There are certain things that are beyond my control after that. We have other objectives, and the energy level of the team doesn’t align with mine. But I want the best for him and that he stays well forever.”
