Stefanos Tsitsipas has taken drastic steps to improve his mental health and results on the court with his season being underwhelming.
It was another early exit for Tsitsipas at the US Open as he lost in five sets to Daniel Altmaier in New York.
Since winning the ATP 500 event in Dubai, it has been an underwhelming season for Tsitsipas with the loss in New York summing that up well.
Speaking about the loss at the US Open Tsitsipas admitted it was a disappointing tournament, “The US Open was relatively difficult because I wasn’t sure if I would even finish my first match,” Tsitsipas was quoted by tennisuptodate.com as saying.
“In the first set I had many negative thoughts, thinking that I might stop at some point. Later, in the second and third sets, I felt much better, but it wasn’t the tournament I had hoped for.”
Now having had such a poor season, Tsitsipas has taken drastic steps in order to improve his results and mental health.
That method is undergoing a social media detox with Tsitsipas regularly posting philosophical quotes on social media.
However, Tsitsipas has revealed for the benefit of his mental health it was time to reduce his social media activity, “I spoke with my team that helps me with social media, and I decided to unfollow everyone,” Tsitsipas spoke about the drastic changes he’s made to his social media platforms.
“It’s not about the people I followed — it’s about wanting to be independent from it. With all the travel and stress, I found peace by disconnecting through social media, which was wrong. I was releasing all my stress by going online and watching videos for hours. I realized it would be good to set a goal not to use social media for one, two, three years, or even more.
“My goal is to show that I’m leaving social media and give young people an incentive to step away too. It’s about mental health, something that Grigor Dimitrov, Andrey Rublev and Naomi Osaka have all mentioned. I want kids to live real life, play sports, go outside, do activities like I did when I was young.”
The Greek was speaking about the changes at Davis Cup week in Athens where Greece face a tough tie against Brazil in Athens.
It’s a place where Tsitsipas has good memories of going into the tie, “It’s really exciting to be back at OAKA. I’ve been coming here since, I think, 2010, when the Challengers were held,” Tsitsipas recalled.
“For me, it’s moving that after so many years we have the chance to gather and play in this stadium. It’s an incredible feeling to play here.”
On Saturday, Tsitsipas will face Thiago Seyboth Wild while on Sunday, Tsitsipas is scheduled to face Joao Fonseca in a blockbuster clash.
The tie will be played on an outdoor hard court.
