Australian Open runner-up Stefanos Tsitsipas downplayed his expectations for the Indian Wells ATP Masters on Wednesday, saying he’s nonetheless battling the shoulder harm that noticed him pull out of Acapulco final month.
The world quantity three from Greece, seeded second within the prestigious onerous courtroom match within the California desert, had been hoping to construct on his run to the Australian Open remaining, the place he fell to Serbian celebrity Novak Djokovic.
But he picked up a shoulder harm after his Melbourne run, and regardless that he’s entered in each Indian Wells and the Miami Masters he stated his “main priority is getting my body ready and fixed for the clay court swing.”
“I’m still in recovery,” he stated. “Personally I haven’t said it a lot of times in my career but I don’t think I will be capable of going deep.
“It’s a very unfortunate injury at this time of the year because I had a very good strong start to the year.
“I consider a Grand Slam final a good result to start the year with and one that I was unfamiliar with before.
“However, it’s important to keep faith in a daily procedure to get back healthy.”
Tsitsipas, seeded second behind world quantity two Carlos Alcaraz — with Djokovic nonetheless barred from the United States due to his determination to not be vaccinated towards Covid-19 — has a first-round bye and is scheduled to open his marketing campaign towards both French veteran Gael Monfils or Australian Jordan Thompson — who play on Wednesday night time.
Monfils, 36, is returning to motion seven months after he retired from a match in Montreal with a foot harm that turned out to be a plantar fascia rupture.
It may even be Monfils’ first match since he and his spouse, WTA participant Elina Svitolina, welcomed the start of daughter, Skai, in October.
Source: sportstar.thehindu.com