Stefanos Tsitsipas had a highlight relatively recently, but now he's facing a lowlight following another lacklustre showing.
Stefanos Tsitsipas had a chance to become world number one at last year's US Open, and while it was a stretch, he still had the opportunity. He won't have the same chance this year because his performances haven't been as great as last year.
For example, he played in the Cincinnati Masters final last year, and while it was a losing effort against Borna Coric, he still earned plenty of points. He won't contest the final this year, having been beaten by Hubert Hurkacz comfortably at the ATP 1000 event, which ensured a lowlight for him.
He just had a highlight by winning the trophy at the Los Cabos Open but now faces a 'big' drop in the ATP Rankings. With the loss, Tsitsipas is set to drop down to number 7. He will lose 510 points and find himself with a total of 4580 below Jannik Sinner with 4645 and in front of Andrey Rublev with 4515.
It's the lowest ranking he's had all year and the first time in a year that he's ranked as low as 7th. Funnily enough, he was ranked number 7 before last year's Cincinnati event, with the run to the final pushing him up. This time around, he's going the other way around.
It's been a strange season for Tsitsipas, one with plenty of speculation about whether it's his new public relationship with Paula Badosa or the coaching changes. Tsitispas has recently been working solely with Mark Philippoussis after giving his father 'time off.'
It hasn't been going that well as he lost early in Toronto and now lost pretty early in Cincinnati. We'll have to wait and see how the US Open goes, but he's not really playing his best tennis right now. He rarely did this year.
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