Moments after Stefanos Tsitsipas contested the biggest match of his career at the Australian Open in January he arrived for his press conference and sat demoralised in his chair. He was broken. He had come all the way to his first major semi-final, scuppering his hero Roger Federer along the way, only to be dismantled 6-2, 6-4, 6-0 by Rafael Nadal. He seemed lost and he departed the press conference room wondering if he would ever beat Nadal: “I don’t want to lose to Rafa 10 times,” he sighed.
On Sunday the Greek produced an extraordinary performance, recovering from a set down to defeat Dominic Thiem 6-7 (6), 6-2, 7-6 (4) and win the ATP Finals. It is the biggest title of his career and his third of the year, a sum of his growth and maturity over the course of a rollercoaster of a breakthrough year.
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