Stefanos Tsitsipas and Nick Kyrgios played a heated clash at this year's Wimbledon and Stefanos' mother talked about it recently.
Tsitsipas' mother, Julia Apostoli, frequently watches him while he pursues a tennis career. She was present in London to see him play Nick Kyrgios. Due to Kyrgios' antics, the players got into a heated altercation, and Tsitsipas struggled to remain calm as well as he should have.
"Could have played better, of course. Our [Wimbledon] match turned out to be very nervous with Nick Kyrgios. That is, we were practically offered to play dirty tennis there, but we don’t know how to play such tennis," explained Apostoli in a talk with Russian publication Championat.
"Therefore, Styopa [Tsitsipas' nickname] lost his temper and left the court without getting there. The only person, perhaps, who brings him into a state of complete confusion is Nick Kyrgios.
She doesn't travel often with the family as his father and coach follows him around the Tour most of the time. She was with her family in Astana because she wanted to see the city:
"No, not necessarily [traveling with the whole family]. At the moment I am with them, because I really wanted to see Astana. Secondly, this tournament is interesting. Styopa [Tsitsipas' nickname] has a main sponsor from Kazakhstan, a logo on the sleeve. The people are pleasant. Insanely beautiful city, amazing. I looked at the reviews, but I didn’t fully understand how wonderful it was here."
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