Mutua Madrid Open: The shortest hours of Stephanos Citsepas: Defeat on Musetti and farewell to Madrid | Tennis | Sports
In 2019, Stephanos Citsepas made the magic box. In the semifinals of Greek, 20 years old, the local statue in the Santana Track, Rafa Nadal lost in three sets and qualified for the first final of 1000 masters on the land made by the whipped land, in which Serbian Novak yielded before Djokovic. Citsepas – now 26 – has already reached the semifinals of the Australian Open that season, but his character in Madrid promotes a tennis player, described as one of the dominant stage of the Circuit after the Golden Stage’s Golden Stage Big Three. However, six years later, Greek was in its shortest hours because it entered the upper classes: it was in 18º Ranking –Out Top -10 14 months – and his career had lost the progress he had perceived one day. This Tuesday, at the same center of the magic fund six years ago he impressed people, Helen And the passage of Novak Djokovic.
The Citsepas trajectory has drawn the descending curve over the past year and a half. With the success of the Cup of Masters, the Greek and Australian Open, which was shutting down the explosion season in 2019, fell surprisingly in January. In the Masters of Indian Wells and Miami, he signed in the fourth and third stage in the fourth and third stage, and in Montecar – three obstacle -grown tournament – sorry in the quarterfinals. His only great result left him in the Dubai-ATP 500- in which he defeated the Canadian Felix August-aliasim (19º).
The loss of Belos in his career was taken to break his father’s Apostols as coach in August. He has been a tennis player since he was a three -year -old boy. “I have stopped cooperating with my father, because I have seen so many things that have not done a square. I don’t have the same power like the previous one. Maybe I have made more mistakes than usual and I have already thought of taking my own way, but it was very difficult to leave my father. It was difficult to leave him, but I was a coach, but he was a coach. Podcast.
Davis Cup captain Dimitris Chatzinicolou hired the Greek team after Citsepas. Since then, their results have not improved and their tennis continues to leave signs of great volatility. This Tuesday, against Musetti in the masters in Madrid, he committed six double fouls, he achieved only direct service and signed 38 United deficiencies, and very appropriate. “It was strange. I think I don’t believe in my right. I am not accustomed to it. I think my shots are so moderate right now. They are no longer disappointing,” he said in the magic box Citsepas today. It is also in his reverse hand – sometimes there is no danger of strength.
Greek lost two Grand Slam finals – Roland Garros 2021 and Australia’s 2023 – played. In first, in Paris, he left a golden opportunity with two purposes against Djokovic four years ago. His career remained at a kind of intersection, overcoming very great appointments at the beginning Big Three And for the present Papi and Alkaraj generation. For the exit for stagnation, Cititispas recognized the shortcomings in his career A week ago in an interview given to El Pace: “There were instances where I decided to do better and in which I was able to deal with it more intelligent for my future. I failed in some tournaments, in which I could do very well and now I realized that I made some late decisions. Maybe I took them five years ago.”
Tumba and Jourreev in Serondo
In the masters of Madrid, the world’s second place and the head of the series, Alexander Zwerev, opened fire in the 16th round of the afternoon. German, the winner twice the magic box (2018 and 2021) But in a very irregular course since he lost the Australian Open Final in January, he surrendered before the Argentine Francisco Serando (21º) two sets (7-5 and 6-3, 1H29 m). Czech Jakub Mensic (23rd) will be measured in the quarterfinals next Thursday. Jeverev’s fall masters are going to leave the new champion, as none of the tennis players who continue to be alive in the male team have never won him before.
On the female side, the Tournament’s current champion Eye Sweetc (2nd) and Russian Diana Shinider (13th) defeated three sets (6-0, (3) 6-7 and 6-4, 2H 34 m). American Madison Keys (5th) defeated Croatian Donna Veckic (21st) in two sleeves (6-2 and 6-3, 1H 16). Tonight’s turn of world number one, Belarusa Arina Sabalenka, he measured with American Payton Steirls (44th) before 20.00 in Central.
