For a few years, the circuit has been looking for those who should be the heirs of the Big Three, Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal, tennis players who have dominated the circuit in the last 20 years.
These athletes are defined as the NextGen, talented tennis players who represent the future of world tennis. Among them, without a doubt, is the young Greek talent Stefanos Tsitsipas, now a member of the Top Ten for some time, but who still cannot make the final leap in quality to reach the best.
It was the 2019 Australian Open when he beat Roger Federer in the tournament and from that moment everyone expected a quality jump, in the Masters 1000 and in the Grand Slams, which has yet to come fully.
Despite this, he has already reached the semifinals of the Grand Slam tournaments, even at the last Australian Open where he beat Rafael Nadal but surrendered too easily in the semifinals to Russian Daniil Medvedev.
Interviewed on site microphones sport24.gr Patrick Mouratoglou, who, for several weeks a year, is the Greek’s coach, told what Tsitsipas is missing to make the leap that could take him to the top of world tennis.
Mouratoglou on Stefanos Tsitsipas: I think it’s a matter of time
These are the words of the Greek talent manager: “Stefanos is on the right track. I think his level is very high now and it must be recognized that he has already beaten the best on the circuit.
He defeated Federer at the 2019 Australian Open, he beat Nadal a few months ago always in Melbourne while he beat Novak Djokovic at the Montreal Masters 1000 in 2018 and in Shanghai in 2019.
His problem is that he is not very far, so he often lost in the early stages of a Grand Slam, I also think of the last Us Open against Borna Coric. You have good and bad days during a tournament, but for a great tennis player it is important to be able to win even on a bad day.
I used to go to court in a panic when I had to psychologically challenge complex moments, this complicates things even for a coach, lately things have improved.
Can you win a Grand Slam? I would say yes, however it is difficult to say when it will, but it is on the right track. Without a doubt, I think it’s a matter of time. ”
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