Stefanos Tsitsipas reveals injury scare ahead of ATP Finals defence
ByReuters
Updated 04/11/2020 at 10:06 GMT
Stefanos Tsitsipas has revealed that he has suffered a recurrence of the leg injury he suffered in the Roland Garros semi-final during his Paris Masters loss to Ugo Humbert, putting his defence of the ATP Finals in London this month in jeopardy.
Greece's Stefanos Tsitsipas serves the ball to France's Ugo Humbert during their men's singles second round tennis match on day 2 at the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 - Paris Masters (Paris Bercy) - indoor tennis tournament at The AccorHotels Arena in Paris
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Stefanos Tsitsipas says he is unsure how his ATP Finals title defence will go later this month after the Greek suffered a recurrence of a leg injury during his second-round defeat at the Paris Masters on Tuesday.
Seeded second at the last ATP Masters event of the year, world number six Tsitsipas bowed out after losing to Frenchman Ugo Humbert at an empty Bercy arena.
"Right now, I don't know. I really don't know," Tsitsipas told reporters when asked about his chances at The O2 in London, where the season-ending ATP Finals will be held without spectators from November 15-22.
"During the second set my Roland Garros injury came back, and it wasn't as bad as at the French Open, but it kind of had me on the edge of things, and I wasn't sure if that's good for me to be out there.
"But that's not an excuse, for sure. I still fought and gave my best out there, despite this thing that I had on court. I'm sad, for sure."
Tsitsipas said he had picked up a leg injury during his French Open semi-final against world number one Novak Djokovic earlier this month which hampered him in the fifth set.
Italian Matteo Berrettini's bid to qualify for the ATP Finals ended with a 7-6(3) 6-7(0) 7-5 defeat to American qualifier Marcos Giron on Tuesday.
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