Tsitsipas laughs off temper tantrum, looks towards Aussie Open

Stefas Tsitsipas has laughed off a temper tantrum that saw him clip his far's arm while smashing a racquet, and said he is feeling "good with his game" heading into Australian Open. hot-headed world number six lost his temper after dropping first set to temperamental Australian Nick Kyrgios, who was on his best behaviour, at ATP Cup on Tuesday evening on his way to defeat. He slammed his racquet into Greek team bench, where his far and captain Apostolos Tsitsipas was sitting, catching him on forearm.

READ | Naomi Osaka Credits ‘near Death’ Experience For Finding A New Perspective In 2020

Tsitsipas laughs off temper tantrum

It left his dad bleeding from a small cut, with his mor coming down from stands to give him a talking to.

"It happened accidentally. I didn't mean to do it and straight away forgot about it and moved on from re," 21-year-old said in early hours of Wednesday morning.

"It happens. I wasn't aiming to do that, so it's just it went out of control, unfortunately."

Asked if he will be punished by his parents, he joked: "Maybe I'll stay in my room for three days, grounded by my far." Despite his meltdown and loss to Kyrgios, Tsitsipas said he was happy with how he was doing heading into opening Grand Slam of year at Melbourne Park this month. He has so far totted up just one win out of three, also losing to Canada's Denis Shapovalov in two tough tie-break sets while thrashing world number seven Alexander Zverev.

READ | Rafael Nadal's Hilarious Response To Interesting Decade Trivia Wins Over Internet

"re's thing I'm worrying (about) right w. I feel good with my game, with my physical (condition)," he said.

" only thing that might concern me a little bit is when I come close to matches I feel like I've lost this competitiveness within me.

"I remember a few months ago I had tendency to be more in zone, really, really concentrated and knew what I was doing, playing very aggressive," he added.

READ | Roger Federer Trolls Alexander Zverev After GQ Fashion Award Win

"Sometimes I feel like I get too passive and I'm t really into match, which, I don't kw, probably a few technical issues that I have to work on and t to think too much of my technique and work on my tactics more."

Tsitsipas, who made Australian Open semi-finals last year, will play at Kooyong Classic exhibition event in Melbourne next week as he fine-tunes preparations for Grand Slam, which starts on January 20. 

READ | Naomi Osaka Wins 1st-round Match At Brisbane International