Tsitsipas causes Zverev to freak out

Stefanos Tsitsipas and Alexander Zverev - two players who respect each other but don't like each other. This came to the fore once again in the semifinals in Cincinnati, which Zverev won 6:4, 3:6 and 7:6. The reason for the dispute was Tsitsipas' behavior between sentences.

What happened? After losing the opening set, Tsitsipas left the court – as he had often done in his career – and only returned after eight minutes. The German and the spectators, who acknowledged the Greek's return with a concert of whistles, didn't like that at all. “He took the bag with the cell phone and everything with him,” the 24-year-old complained in the direction of the chair referee. He replied that the Greek was accompanied by an official. “But not to the toilet,” said the angry Zverev. “It was like that in Paris and every other tournament he played,” he said. Instructions via SMS? In fact, the cameras then captured Apostolos Tsitsipas, Stefanos' father and coach, pulling out his cell phone. Whether he used it to write messages to his son remained a secret. Tsitsipas had recently criticized the rule several times that stated that coaching is not allowed on the tennis court and had also received warnings because father Apostolos gave obvious instructions with hand signals.

But the drama didn't end there: After winning the second set, Tsitsipas wanted to go down again, but was stopped by the referee. This angered the 23-year-old, who said after the match that the decision was “not nice”. The referee acted according to the rules, as you are only allowed to leave the court once in a best-of-three match. Tsitsipas apparently didn't know that.

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Tsitsipas causes Zverev to freak out

Stefanos Tsitsipas drew all the anger from Alexander Zverev through his behavior on Saturday evening in the semifinals of the Masters 1000 tournament in Cincinnati.

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