Baghdatis is also concerned about Tsitsipas: "He has lost his way a bit"

Andrés Tomás Rico | 10 Jul 2025 | 13.35

Baghdatis is also worried about Tsitsipas: "He has lost his way a bit." Photo: Getty Images

Streaming ATP Rome MD live tennis

🎾 Erler/Miedler vs Krajicek/Mektic

Sign up with Bet365 here
Make your first deposit of at least €5
Go to the “Live” section and watch every match

Watch the match on Bet365

The tennis, physical, and mental crisis that Stefanos Tsitsipas is going through is equally surprising and worrying. Especially after the harsh statements from his new coach, Goran Ivanisevic, who stated following the Greek's elimination at Wimbledon that "I have never seen a player in worse form in my life." And Marcos Baghdatis, former Cypriot tennis player, reflected on the poor state of the one from Athens in an interview with Ubitennis.

Tsitsipas is not going through his best sporting moment. Despite winning the Doha title in February, he has dropped out of the top 10 and currently holds the number 26 spot in the world. Added to this are his back problems, which forced him to retire at Wimbledon. All of this puts him in a limbo, unsure of which decision to make, considering that in recent years he has not been very accurate in his choices. Something that Baghdatis agrees on.

A Lost Tsitsipas

"We see that some decisions he has made in the last two years are backfiring. But for him, in a way, he has lost his way a bit. I think he is going through an unfortunate time, but I am sure he will find a way to recover. Right now, he is doubting himself, which is normal when you are lost," assures the former world number eight from 2006.

The Cypriot suggests to the Greek some time for reflection to clear his mind: "I think one must take some time, time to reflect, time to find the right team and not rush into decisions". Also, he took the opportunity to give him some advice that might be helpful: "What I did, and it helped me a lot, was to travel alone to a couple of tournaments to rediscover myself on the tennis court, without having anyone telling me what to do to find my own path. Start making decisions about what you need, like what your career needs, what your tennis needs, and not what you need as a person. I think that is very crucial. It is very important."

Despite being tough but also realistic about Tsitsipas's situation and sharing Ivanisevic's harsh critique, Baghdatis believes it was a mistake to do it in front of the media: "I'm not saying that what Goran said in his interviews isn't true. I'm pretty sure he is right in 99% of what he said, because I know him. I know he is a great person, he says things as they are and as he sees them. But I, personally, if I were a coach, I wouldn't say this in the media. I would tell the team and Stefanos himself. Then, if he doesn't want to listen to me, I would leave, end of story."

The 40-year-old former tennis player concluded the interview with the desire and hope that Tsitsipas will return to being the player capable of defeating anyone, who used to reach the later rounds of major tournaments and was a strong candidate to win a Grand Slam.

"The most important thing is to find a way to surprise Stefanos, to return him to where we all want to see him, especially me as a Greek Cypriot. Perhaps Goran's way is the way. I hope that the way Goran handled things helps and impacts him in some way to come back. What I want is for Stefanos to return to where he belongs and rediscover the love for the game".

This news is an automatic translation. You can read the original news, A Baghdatis también le preocupa Tsitsipas: "Ha perdido un poco el rumbo"