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The top men’s tennis player for now has expressed a desire to be “in tune” with his body that has left him badly out of tune with his sport and the times.
Published on: Tuesday, April 20, 2021
By: AFP
Stefanos Tsitsipas poses for pictures with the trophy.
MONACO: Stefanos Tsitsipas crushed Andrey Rublev 6-3, 6-3 on Sunday in a one-sided final in the Monte Carlo Open for his first Masters 1000 title and put his success to “learning to breathe”.
The Greek 22-year-old world number five took just one hour and 11 minutes to beat the Russian, ranked eighth, for the biggest victory in his career, after his triumph in the year-end ATP Finals in 2019.
“Breathing is something I’ve been working on the last couple of months with my psychologist,” said Tsitsipas, who said he has taken up meditation and is “inspired by Buddhism”.
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