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On January 3, Beijing time, according to Eurosport, ATP is now the world's fourth, Greek player Stefanos Tsitsipas, refused to confirm whether he will participate in this year's Australian Open.
Tsitsipas has been working hard to get back to health since he underwent elbow surgery late last year. He is currently in Australia, representing Greece in the ATP Cup.
However, after the first retirement, Tsitsipas was reversed in three sets against Argentina's Schwartzmann. Obviously, the elbow injury still has a big impact on the 23-year-old Greek, and as a result, he admits that he may not be ready for the first Grand Slam event in 2022.
"I really don't know how I'll feel tomorrow." "That's one of the things [I'm] worried about the most – if I play this game today, then what will happen to my recovery tomorrow," he said. ”
"[On Saturday] I finished doubles and the next day I couldn't serve. I felt very painful. ”
The Australian Open will kick off on 17 January 2022, and the 2-time men's singles quarter-finalist hopes to be in his physical condition.
"I believe that [the time to recover] is sufficient." He added, "However, I've never had [an injury like this] before, so I don't know. It was the first time I had experienced something like this. ”
The 23-year-old Greek reached the French Open final last year. However, previously, Germany's A-Zverev did not take it into account when predicting the prospects of the men's tennis in 2022, but believed that the new season would belong to Novak Djokovic, Daniel Medvedev and himself.
Tsitsipas did not respond positively to the Germans' comments.
"Let the tennis balls speak!" He replied.