Master from Madrid: Stefanos Tsissipas: “I did not vote in my life” | Tennis Sport

account Stefanos Tsitsipas (Athens, 26 years old) In the preamble of the interview that continues to develop with the Spanish, which has Paula Padosa, its partner, it has a lot of ease of making friendships and enjoying these days in Madrid. Regarding the results, the Greek race has lost its strength, after breaking it for a few years with the three giants (Federer, Nadal and Djokovic) and are now exposed to an unimaginable rise to the new generation. He speaks One of the most plastic players Recently and give up hot topics. Single type, is. various. It is Tan, it is walking in short pants and introduces fun and model skills.

Ask. He heads his X profile with a whale image and Parley. because?

answer. It is a sustainable organization that focuses on collecting plastic materials for the oceans and reusing them in a positive way. Barley collaborated in 2019 with Adidas (sporting sponsors) and I really love their work because they saved many living organisms. We do not get an idea of ​​the extent of ocean pollution, and people are not fully aware, so I try to help in this way: knowledgeable.

D. Are you really worried where do we go in terms of environment? Is a man at risk after that?

R. Yes, I. Obviously, I have made some donations in the past, but I really want to do more. I would like to be more involved and pledged to a kind of projects; Not because of the fact that I will report the benefits, but for emotion.

I could have decided better and may have done so late, but I am happy with my presence where I am

D. You are a reflexive person. When he looks around and notes everything that happens, Gaza, Ukraine or Trump, what do you think?

R. I do not follow politics. In fact, to be honest, I will tell you that I do not even vote. I did not vote in my entire life, so I really say that I am not aware of this kind of things. In what I believe in is in sport, in the strength that people have to unite and change. I admire these athletes who got a lot of money and then made donations or contributed to many of these money for good reasons, especially those related to children and the planet. I am very sensitive to these things and support them. I feel that many aspects of politics exist, but we are not aware or not what we see, as they are not clear; There is a lot of uncertainty and many hidden things.

D. Do you usually meditate?

R. Unfortunately, I hope it does; It is something I want to do, but something is to say and another to do this. I want to focus my life from serenity and be a zen. I don’t want to fall into the maximum or enjoy extremist things, but I prefer a good balance and this is the feeling that I am talking about; I believe in balance in any field of life and I feel well with myself, I need to take care of myself, as well as care for people around me.

D. Davidovic says that He suffered during 70 % of his careerIn order to enjoy only 30 %. Does tennis go to enjoy or suffer?

R. This always depends on how to see the glass, half full or half empty. I had stages of my career, which looked like a mountain and there was not a lot of joy, but there were others who looks more fun. Today, for example, it’s painful. I just made a heart disease session that was very painful; I felt my lungs bleeding. It was very intense. But I enjoyed it? As much as it could look strange, yes, I enjoyed it. I enjoyed doing something positive for me. Best hitting the ball and playing some points, but this is part of this journey, the journey of desire to be better. There is a lot of pain, but especially when you cannot get what you want, because there is a lot of sacrifice behind you and you want immediate results. If you want to succeed, this works like this. In general, there is a greater pleasure of suffering and reaching glory that reduces other bad things that may occur in life.

D. Fernando Verdasco says tennis players are like artists. Do you see it as well? Your tennis is very special.

R. Yes, we will surely consider artists, but also wrestlers because what we do on the track every week has not been done in many sports. The calendar we face in tennis is unique and that we are able to confront it, and to be at the highest day after day of the biggest challenges. This does not happen in any other sport. Yes, we are artists, but we are also wrestlers because we press the fullest.

I think that tennis players are wrestlers because we are facing a unique challenge: our calendar

D. What is success for you?

R. For me, success will be to have a positive effect on tennis. Don’t necessarily win everything or win great championships; Of course, I would like to do that, I will give everything to win the four major championships and I will continue to sacrifice in order to win one, but I want to know me like someone who did something good for our sports and that inspired the children, to attract them to play. I want people to think I somehow contributed to the sport I chose.

D. Are you satisfied with your career yet? Is nothing to get off?

R. Yes, in some things yes, but at the same time, I came from Greece and nothing has never been achieved in tennis, so I was the first to have the will against the antibody and tried to show the people who could do this. In this sense, I am satisfied. I also know that there were times that I could have decided better and that I could act more intelligent for my future. I failed in some of the championships that I could make much better, and now I realize that I made some late decisions, and perhaps I should have taken them five years ago; But well, I started and now I enjoy this process. In fact, I’m in a good position. I am pleased to play and call myself a tennis player.