World quantity 4 Stefanos Tsitsipas has refused to weigh in on the most recent Nick Kyrgios drama with the Greek celebrity as an alternative selecting to concentrate on serving to his nation win the inaugural United Cup.
Tennis followers have been shocked to listen to that Kyrgios had withdrawn from the Adelaide International as a result of an ankle damage per week after he pulled out of the United Cup simply earlier than the event began.
It means the Aussie ace will head into the primary grand slam of the yr having not performed a lead-up match on residence soil this summer season as he appears to construct on his unimaginable 2022 marketing campaign that noticed him attain the Wimbledon last.
Tsitsipas was in no temper to debate the matter when he arrived at his Sydney lodge on Thursday afternoon after his flight was delayed.
“I have no comment for that,” he stated.
“I am actually focusing on my thing right now and I don’t have anything to say on this.”
Tsitsipas was with Greek compatriot Maria Sakkari after the pair mixed to win an important combined doubles match on Wednesday evening that helped them get previous Croatia and into the event’s last 4 the place they’ll play Italy.
Sakkari is anticipated to win her match on Friday evening earlier than Tsitsipas takes on Italian star Matteo Berrettini in probably the most anticipated matches of the summer season.
“We’re faced with some really good opponents,” he stated.
“They’ve earned their spot in the semi-finals and every match is now getting tougher and tougher. There’s no easy way out.”
A win over Berrettini – the boys’s world quantity 16 – could be an enormous increase for Tsitsipas who remains to be making an attempt to say his maiden grand slam title.
The 24-year-old has made the ultimate 4 in Melbourne in three of the previous 4 years however hasn’t been in a position to attain the decider, dropping final yr’s heated semi-final to Russia’s Daniil Medvedev.
But with Rafael Nadal struggling for type on the United Cup and doubts over how Novak Djokovic will deal with the scrutiny after final yr’s visa disaster, 2023 might be the yr Tsitsipas lastly breaks by way of.
“Melbourne is the happy slam for me and Maria. We have Greek friends there and we feel like we’re playing at home,” he stated.
“It’s always a nice sensation coming back to Melbourne and getting on these courts where we’re welcomed with lots of joy and lots of pride of what we represent.”
