Later, the Greek world number six chose, with the reason of a back injury, to refrain from further play in tennis’ ATP finals in Turin, Italy.
— I apologize to all the fans and the audience who came here to support me. I’m really sorry that I couldn’t finish the match, he says.
The 25-year-old star says he felt his back during the warm-up and during the start of the match the pain became too great.
— I have played in pain during matches before… But this was too much to handle and I had to make the difficult decision to do what I did, he says.
Hubert Hurkacz, Poland, takes Stefanos Tsitsipa’s place in the ATP Finals and will next face world number one Novak Djokovic.