‘ HOW MUCH ILLEGAL?’ Stefanos Tsitsipas LOST after receiving a Training Violation at the Australian Open »FirstSportz
Greek number 4 seed Stefanos Tsitsipas definitely one of the favorites this year to win the 2022 Australian Open. He made it to the semi-finals of last year’s tournament and got a decent draw to at least repeat the thing. that this year.
He looked comfortable all week and his elbow problems also seem to have subsided for the time being. After a few early wins, he played better than the French Benoit Paire in the third round. He beat Paire in four tough sets 6-3.7-5.6-7 (2), 6-4 to once again reach the Round of 16.
Tsitsipas will now face the American 20th seed Taylor Fritz in Round 16 on Monday. Fritz is also in incredible form and is on the verge of a thrilling five-set win over 15th seed Roberto Bautista Agut. Although the Greek will start to love in the match, he will be wary of Fritz’s ability to kill giants.
Tsitsipas admits code violation for illegal training
During the match against Paire, Tsitsipas received a warning from referee Marijana Veljovic for allegedly receiving training from his father and coach Apostolos Tsitsipas. The Greek was completely shocked and smiled at the referee in disbelief.
“Rules break – coach warning, Mr. Tsitsipas,” the referee said. “I have to give you a warning about training you because I told you before! I’ll take it as training. I told you that. After the first set, remember? ” she added.
Tsitsipas just smiled at the decision and didn’t get into an argument with her as it was just a warning. She eventually kept his serve in that game and won the set.
Later in the press conference, Tsitsipas said he laughed because his coach’s box was so far away from his position on the field.
“I have no opinion. I laughed because it was funny because of the position of the pitch I was on and I was so far away from my coach and with my back to the other direction. So I just laughed because I was. I don’t know where it came from. It was completely unexpected,” he say.
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