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Stefanos Tsitsipas: Greek No. 11 aims to 'reinvent' himself for 2025 after struggles in previous campaign
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Updated 27/12/2024 at 23:51 GMT
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Former world men's tennis No. 3 Stefanos Tsitsipas is hoping to change his approach to the sport after dropping out of the top 10. Speaking ahead of the 2025 Australian Open, the 26-year-old Greek said he would aim to bring stability and improved health back into his approach to tennis in order to climb the ATP Rankings. Tsitsipas was a beaten finalist in 2023, losing to Novak Djokovic.
Tsitsipas aiming to 'reinvent' himself in 2025 after being 'stuck in a pattern'
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Stefanos Tsitsipas said he wants to "reinvent" himself for 2025, ahead of the Australian Open.
The 26-year-old Greek player is out of the top 10, perched at No. 11 after an indifferent 2024.
He had a slow start to the season, though he won his third consecutive Monte-Carlo Masters title, but did not land a Grand Slam, and in August an outburst against his father at a match led to the two parting ways, with his father no longer retained as his coach.
Tsitsipas is a finalist of the Australian Open, having lost in 2023 to Novak Djokovic, but after reaching as high as No. 3 in the rankings, he has a way to get back to his best.
Speaking in Perth ahead of the first Grand Slam of the year, he said he hoped to break old habits, and find stability.
"I’m looking to kind of reinvent myself," he began. "I felt like I’ve been stuck in a pattern for the last few months, and haven’t been able to unlock the pattern, or get out of it. I’m looking for a fresh, new 2025.
"That doesn’t mean to suddenly just start winning everything, that’s not the point of this. It’s a story of constant improvement, and improving in all fields. In my career but also in my outside life. I want to have stability in my life. Last year was a little bit up and down in terms of results, in terms of feelings. Outside of the court, and on the court.
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"I hope 2025 brings stability and also health, because I struggled a little bit with those kinds of issues in the past. I’m hoping for a healthy 2025 that brings me lots of good memories. It doesn’t have to be happiness."
Asked if he was feeling the pressure, Tsitsipas drew a distinction between the pressure felt to stay in the top 10, and the pressure he felt to get back into the grouping.
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He explained: "I don’t think there’s that much pressure when you’re outside the top 10. Maybe there’s a little bit of pressure now. It’s my chance to add on points, get some good wins going.
"Otherwise, I wouldn’t say there’s pressure, because I don’t have the points I’ve been accustomed to after being in the top 10 consecutively.
"After you’ve been on the tour you know what it takes to get to where you remember being. You just need to be consistent throughout the day, you have to work it out from January all the way to November."
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