The fourth ranked player in the world Tsitsipas met the 9th world ranked player Hubert Hurkacz in a situation where he was forced to win after the British teamman at Greece Michail Pervolarakis lost 6-1 and 6-4 against Kamil Majchrzak of Poland.
But it was unexpectedly the one who stepped onto the world ranked 1076 in the world Aristotelis Thanos instead of Stefanos Tsitsipas at the cafeteria of Qudos Bank Arena. Tsitsipas followed his teammates to play on the side of the Pitch with a pulse pulse bag. However, Thanos could not create any surprises and was easily defeated by the level of Hurkacz with a score of 6-1 6-2 in this opening match.
However, Tsitsipas then returned in the match with his teammate Pervolarakis and won 2 sets with extremely comfortable condition. In an interview, Tsitsipas said that his elbows need time to rest before the first Grand Slam tournament of the year.
“My elbow is still recovering on schedule from November and ready for Melbourne. And today I just want to make sure I can join Melbourne,” Tsitsipas said. “From now on, we can only watch each match to know if I have enough fitness to play or not.”
If Tsitsipas cannot continue to play, Greece will face many difficulties, when Pervolarakis only queues 399 worldwide. This also makes the tournament more gloomy in the context of players to play almost no audience, and without the presence of Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer for many different reasons.
