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Stefanos Tsitsipas: "I was very nervous on the court, being frustrated a lot, but I couldn't stop being like this" The Greek talked to the press following his loss 5-7, 6-3, 3-6, 4-6 to Holger Rune at Roland Garros "It was a great match from Holger’s side, but I have to say it was a very bad management from far back from the court from my side. I don't know, it was as if I was missing too many returns, giving away too many free points without really giving a chance to myself to compete a little bit. I was a completely different player once I stepped into the court, taking returns early. I really feel it's one of those matches where every match would be a lot different after this point. I am physically perfect, fine, absolutely okay. Waking up, couldn't be better. I was struggling a lot the last couple of days in terms of finding my rhythm. I was very nervous on the court, being frustrated a lot. And I knew I was this way, but I couldn't stop being like this. Especially when you feel like there have been a few changes in terms of equipment and stuff like that. But I wouldn't attribute that to the equipment, I wouldn't put the all of the blame on the equipment because it's something that I chose for my personal progress and getting better. So I would say that returning closer again brought my level of tennis to a completely different dimension than what I was before. I think we could see that in the last two service games of his that I was really able to apply a lot of pressure and it was a day and night pretty much that transformation. I was just, you know, didn't have my mind completely there when I had to make those changes. It came way too late on that match, way too late, like at this time you could just go to sleep, I mean, it's too late. I think it's difficult to deny that I was trying to return from really far back on his serves. He serves good, but he's not John Isner. But again, psychologically that really drowned me. Once I missed a few or wasn't making it deep enough, he kind of found that pattern and was reading it really well, executing some, being able to bring out some good shots and feeling comfortable. I mean there was nothing he should be bothered, he should feel that bothers him when things like this come pretty easy, I guess, from my side. I wasn't really applying a lot of pressure, it was ridiculous at a point. And again I was stubborn, I was stubborn to change it, I didn't want to change because it has helped me before, it has brought good results. But again, like I need to adjust way quicker, it's too late for this stuff. I'm not worried that I lost to both Alcaraz and Rune. I know my tennis, I know my game. These kids are going to want to beat me badly because obviously they are chasing. I'm chasing too, but I'm at a different kind of position than they are. I'm hungry to beat them too. Now that they have beat me I want pay back". Website BTU - Ukrainian Tennis - joins the fundraising to help internally displaced persons in Dnipropetrovsk Region
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