Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas appeared before the press dejected after losing this Sunday the final of Roland Garros against Novak Djokovic despite having two sets to zero advantage: “I have learned that in a ‘big’ having that advantage does not mean anything”.
“You have yet to win one (set) and it’s not that I relaxed or changed something, what happened was that he (Djokovic) left the court with 0-2 and came back as if he were a different player. I don’t know how. did. He played very well and did not leave me space, “he lamented, falling 6-7 (6), 2-6, 6-3, 6-2 and 6-4 in 4 hours and 11 minutes.
He acknowledged that his rival was better “physically, in anticipation, in everything.” And he added: “He read my game better, thanks to him that he managed to reach that level.”
According to Tsitsipas, the key to lifting a “big one” is “endurance, the ability to hold a high level for quite some time.”
“I have given everything and I have not been able to do better,” said the player.
The tennis player from AthensThe 22-year-old was confident in his future and found that he is “capable of contesting a title like this, despite the defeat” in what was his first Grand Slam final.
“If not at my own level there are no reasons not to win a title,” he added.
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