At the Rod Laver Arena, earlier today, the Greek champ Stefanos Tsitsipas was in an on-court mess yet again. During his fourth round match against Taylor Fritz, Stefanos received code violations throughout the match.
The father of Tsitsipas, Apostolos was constantly giving Stefanos tips while the latter played the game. This infuriated the chair umpire Damien Dumusois, who gave the Greek player code violation.
Apostolos was giving coaching tips to Stefanos Tsitsipas, which is against the rules of the game. This led to the 23 year old receiving code violation.
Fritzipas are into a fifth set.
Tsitsipas has received several code violations for coaching. Umpire Damien Dumusois at the set break: “You tell him [to stop], or I’m going to keep giving codes.”
Tsitsipas trots over to, presumably, relay the message.
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Despite the chair umpire Damien’s warnings, Stefanos’ father did not stop giving coaching tips. As a result, at the set break after the fifth set, Damien called out to Tsitsipas telling- ” You tell him (to stop), or I’m going to keep giving codes.”
After which, Tsitsipas went over to his coach and father Apostolos to pass on the chair umpire’s message to the latter.
The thriller match of Tsitsipas against Fritz concluded after five sets, with the Greek athlete winning the match. The scores at the end of the match looked like this- 4-6, 6-4, 4-6, 6-3, and 6-4 wherein Stefanos won clinched the game with the last set.
Stefanos Tsitsipas eases into the Quarter- finals of the Australian Open 2022
Among the very few major contenders of the Australian Open this year, since Novak Djokovic’s departure, Tsitsipas has been proving himself worthy of the title time and again.
The World No. 4 has played all the matches since the first round to date with consistency and with determination. The Greek tennis pro defeated Swedish Mikael Ymer and Argentine Sebastian Baez with ease, in the first and second round respectively. He sailed past Benoit Paire of France and Taylor Fritz of the USA in the third and fourth round to reach the quarter-finals.
Stefanos Tsitsipas gears up to meet the young Italian player Jannik Sinner in the quarters of the Australian Open 2022, scheduled to be played on 26th January.
Read more about the Australian Open 2022- https://www.sportsmanor.com/tennis-news-with-naomi-osaka-out-of-the-australia-open-who-is-most-likely-to-win-the-slam/
