Stefanos Tsitsipas unsure of Australian Open participation due to elbow injury
In a recent press conference, World No. 4 Stefanos Tsitsipas revealed that he was in "a lot of pain" after his doubles match at the ATP Cup. Tsitsipas said he didn't know how he would feel the next day.
Stefanos Tsitsipas partnered Michail Pervolarakis against Hubert Hurkacz and Jan Zielinski to win their doubles match.
Schwartzman stands tall 🇦🇷🙌
@dieschwartzman fights back from a set down to defeat Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-7(5), 6-3, 6-3 to win the tie for #TeamArgentina.
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Tsitsipas has been struggling with an elbow injury for the last few weeks.
The Greek said that he was in so much pain that he couldn't even serve after his doubles match.
“I really don't know how I’m going to feel tomorrow. That was one of the biggest concerns if I was going to play this match today, how the recovery is going to be tomorrow. I finished the doubles (on Saturday), next day I couldn’t serve. I was unable and I was in a lot of pain," said Tsitsipas.
Tsitsipas accepted that since he is experiencing this kind of injury for the first time in his career, he doesn't really know about the recovery period. Tsitsipas said he wasn't sure of his participation at the Australian Open due to the nature of the injury.
"That is enough (time to recover), I believe. But I haven't had (this kind of injury) before, so I don’t know. It’s my first time experiencing something like this," added the Greek player.
Stefanos Tsitsipas didn't enjoy a great comeback on the court as he was beaten by Diego Schwartzman in three sets at the ATP Cup. The Greek won the first set but dropped the next two.
Argentina clean sweep Stefanos Tsitsipas' Greece at ATP Cup 2022
Greece lost their opening rubber to Poland 2-1 before being beaten by Argentina 3-0.
Along with Tsitsipas, Greece's Michail Pervolarakis also lost to Argentina's Federico Delbonis. In addition, the Argentinian pair of Andres Molteni and Maximo Gonzalez battled past Markos Kalovelonis and Petros Tsitsipas in doubles and thus defeated Greece 3-0.
¡El primer punto de la serie es de Argentina! Federico Delbonis se quedó con una dura batalla ante Michail Pervolarakis con parciales de 7-6 (5) y 6-1 en poco más de una hora y media de partido.
🇦🇷 1-0 🇬🇷
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Following back-to-back losses, Greece's chances of advancing through to the semi-finals look really bleak. Argentina and Poland are currently fighting for top spot in Group D with records of 6-0 and 5-1 respectively.
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