“It makes me feel that he is ashamed”

Serena Williams coach Patrick Mouratoglou criticized Goran Ivansevic for criticizing his mentoré Stefanos Tsisipas after his opening defeat in Wimbledon. Tsitsipas also lost against Matteo Gigante in three sets to end his French open campaign early.

Stefanos Tsisipas has been struggling with his form for a long time now, recording his first defeat since 2018 by losing against Alex Michelsen in the first round. He fell to n ° 12 in the ATP ranking, followed by a quarter -final defeat at the Rotterdam Open and a defeat in the first round in Doha. However, he gained momentum in Dubai and was catapulted at the world No. 9 after winning his first title on Hard Court since 2019.

The Greek joined Goran Ivanisevic in May, and the gender coach witnessed the defeats of the first round and the first round at the Open of France and Wimbledon. In this last tournament, Ivanisevic was so unhappy with the game of Tsisipas that he called him the most “unprepared” player and even took a blow to his physical health.

Former Serena Williams coach Patrick Mouratoglou has castigated Ivanisevic for his move and discussed how the Croatian signed up for Tsisipas after having known his difficulties, but his behavior does not reflect the principles of the real coach.

“Goran going to the press and criticizing his player is not a coach and even more at the time, they started working together, so no confidence is made, you already kill the person publicly. When Goran accepts this work, he knows that the work he probably does not arrive at one point, but he knows that it is a bad time, it is not a surprise that you see the results for a while.

“They are not even close to what he was doing before, so he knows it’s a difficult time, you accept or you do not accept it. This difficult moment can create bad behavior, and that’s what you have to bring back to good behavior,” he added.

Mouratoglou said the Croatian may have wanted to eliminate the disappointing results of Tsisipas from his shoulders.

“In a way, it makes me feel that he is ashamed of the results and that he wants to separate from Stephanos to say” it’s not me, I’m good. It is not good “. For me, it’s painful to see it,” he said.

Stefanos Tsisipas culminated in n ° 3 in 2021, becoming the best classified Greek player.

Stefanos Tsisipas explained how his persistent struggles could force him to withdraw soon from tennis

Stefanos Tsisipas has been struggling with back problems since 2023, and its early outing in Wimbledon has also occurred for the same reason. At an post-match press conference, the Greek admitted to having tried several ways to improve their health but did not succeed. If the difficulties persist, Tsisipas said that he would soon hang on his racket.

“Myself, as a person, I have a limit at a given moment, so I will certainly have a final response to know if I want to do certain things or not in the next two months. It will be difficult, but if I see it continuing like that, it is useless of competition. If I am not in good health, if health is not there, then your whole tennis life becomes miserable.”

The loss of Stefanos Tsitsipas was followed by another sorrow while he and Paula Badosa separated for the second time, disinforming each other on social networks and removing the photos of their respective accounts.