Tsitsipas Reappoints Father After Ivanisevic Split

Stefanos Tsitsipas has reappointed his begetter Apostolos arsenic his coach pursuing a divided pinch erstwhile Wimbledon champion Goran Ivanisevic.

The Greek's little stint pinch Ivanisevic came to an extremity past week, little than 2 months aft nan brace started moving together.

Ivanisevic, who guided Novak Djokovic to 9 of his 24 Grand Slam titles, was captious of Tsitsipas and said "I person ne'er seen specified an unprepared subordinate successful my life" pursuing his first-round exit astatine Wimbledon.

Tsitsipas reached number 3 successful nan world nether nan guidance of his father, who was his full-time coach from an early age, but has slipped to number 30 since their divided successful 2024.

"Some journeys person a measurement of circling backmost to wherever they began," Tsitsipas wrote connected societal media aft a second-round conclusion to Christopher O'Connell astatine nan Canadian Open connected Wednesday.

"After immoderate clip apart, I've reunited pinch nan personification who first believed successful maine - my father.

"Sometimes, coming location is nan boldest measurement forward."

Tsitsipas parted ways pinch his begetter successful a coaching capacity past August.

The 26-year-old said earlier this week that his begetter "definitely made maine mislaid my control" but that he regretted nan messy quality of their break-up.

"I deliberation I person to beryllium strict pinch him. Sometimes I consciousness for illustration he wants to do excessively galore things connected his own," Tsitsipas said.