Greek tennis player Stefanos Tsitsipas recently shared a warm birthday wish for his younger sister Elisavet. Elisavet is the youngest of Tsitsipas’ three siblings and is also a budding tennis player.
Taking to social media Monday, Stefanos Tsitsipas called his younger sister a “blessing” and wished her a happy birthday.
“Happy birthday little sister! What a blessing you are,” he wrote on his Instagram stories, with a kiss and heart emoticons.
As for tennis, Stefanos Tsitsipas missed a large number of tournaments after suffering a shoulder injury at the end of the Australian Open and competing at the ABN AMRO Open in Rotterdam. He, however, lost to Jannik Sinner 4-6, 3-6 in the round of 16 to close the curtain on his Rotterdam campaign. Tsitsipas later withdrew from the Mexican Open because he was not fully fit.
Stefanos Tsitsipas seeded second in Indian Wells
Stefanos Tsitsipas, third in the ATP rankings, has been awarded the second seed at the upcoming Indian Wells Masters. The 24-year-old Greek player has a 13-2 win-loss record so far this season.
He began 2023 by helping Greece reach the United Cup semi-finals, winning all four of their singles matches. He then competed at the Australian Open as the third seed. The Greek beat the likes of 15th seed Jannik Sinner and 18th seed Karen Khachanov to reach his second Grand Slam final, where he went down fighting 6-3, 7-6(4), 7-6(5). against Novak Djokovic.
After a pair of Davis Cup wins, he competed at the ABN AMRO Open in Rotterdam in February, losing to Jannik Sinner in the round of 16.
Tsitsipas had to opt out of the Mexican Open due to a shoulder injury he sustained after the Australian Open. Recently, during the Dubai Tennis Championships, Tsitsipas was embroiled in controversy when Daniil Medvedev, one of the Greek’s fiercest rivals, recalled an earlier comment by Tsitsipas about Andrey Rublev.
Medvedev stated that the 24-year-old Greek was wrong in his assumptions and comments about Rublev, who according to Medvedev is worthy of winning many Grand Slam titles.
Medvedev recalled Tsitsipas’s comments during the 2022 ATP Finals about the world No. 6, where the Greek downplayed his loss to Rublev by stating that the Russian “prevailed with the few tools he has.”
“I remember not too long ago a player said he only had a few weapons, and he was reading this and I thought: ‘How can you say this?'” the former world No. 1 recalled. Andrey is one of the most skilled players on the tour, he just didn’t realize his full potential, but I’m sure he can win Grand Slams,” Medvedev said during the presentation ceremony at the Dubai Tennis Championships.
The 2021 US Open champion further encouraged Rublev to defeat the world No. 3 many more times in his career.
“Hopefully I can beat this guy, who said it, many, many times, and I want it for sure,” Daniil Medvedev said of his rival Tsitsipas.