Stefanos Tsitsipas stated he hoped to emerge stronger from his fourth-round defeat by Taylor Fritz on the Australian Open on Sunday after the Greek world quantity seven suffered his earliest exit in 4 years on the Melbourne Park Grand Slam.

The 25-year-old reached the final 4 in 2019 and misplaced within the third spherical the next yr, however launched into two extra semi-final runs earlier than shedding to 10-times champion Novak Djokovic in final yr’s title conflict. Tsitsipas stated he would want a number of days to mirror and recuperate from his 7-6(3) 5-7 6-3 6-3 defeat.

“It’s not a negative feeling,” he instructed reporters. “It’s a feeling of evolution, of change, which is constant. Change is always constant. One day you’re in the top 10, the other day you’re not there anymore. “So you need to carry on working and permitting your self to flourish by way of these experiences, enable your self to hunt for all these moments which were working for you over the previous couple of years, give it one other shot time after time.”

Tsitsipas, who’s but to win a Grand Slam, stated coping with setbacks was a part of the job. “There’s way more moments in your career that are painful and tough to deal with, suffering and all that, than moments of glory and success and opening champagne bottles,” he added.

“These are a small percentage of what a tennis player lives on a yearly basis.”

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