Arthur Fils has shed light on the tense conversation he and\u00a0Stefanos Tsitsipas engaged in following the pair\u2019s third round encounter at the 2025 Italian Open.<\/p>\n
Fils<\/a> battled to a 2-6, 6-4, 6-2 victory over Tsitsipas, the world No 19, in a\u00a0pulsating contest at the Foro Italico.<\/p>\n The world No 14 fought back from a set and 3-4, 15-30 down to improve his record against Tsitsipas to 4-0.<\/p>\n With Tsitsipas serving at 3-3, 30-15 in the second set, the Greek won the point by hitting Fils on the body\u00a0as he went straight down the middle of the court with a backhand.<\/p>\n After Fils converted match point, there was a lengthy and animated exchange between the players at the net, with chair umpire Greg Allensworth stepping in.<\/p>\n All sorted in the end<\/p>\n A little bit of tension after the match as Tsitsipas tagged Fils in the second set #IBI25<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/tkL90QJ00p<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Tennis TV (@TennisTV) May 11, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Fils explained he had no issue with Tsitsipas\u2019 body shot while also revealing he used it as motivation to fuel his comeback.<\/p>\n \u201cI like him, he\u2019s a great guy, a great champion. It was a bit tight in the middle of the second set,\u201d the Frenchman said in his interview with Tennis TV.<\/p>\n \u201cHe went for my body. It\u2019s part of the game, there\u2019s nothing wrong with it, but I tried to find a way to fight, so I found this kind of excuse to go and to fight.<\/p>\n Chris Evert gives her verdict Novak Djokovic\u2019s Grand Slam prospects<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Meet the man behind Carlos Alcaraz \u2013 who is Albert Molina?<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n \u201cAnd okay, he told me at the end he was not going for my body and I told him, \u2018I know it, I know it, it\u2019s okay, it\u2019s all good. I just needed to find a way to fight.\u2019 Yeah, it worked (smiles).\u201d<\/p>\n The 20-year-old added: \u201cI told him at the net he was playing unbelievable in the first set.<\/p>\n \u201cHe was killing me with his forehand, his backhand, at the net. Serving very good. I could not do a lot of things but in the second set I started to find the rhythm and a way to fight and was happy to finish strong in the third.<\/p>\n \u201cIf you let him play, I think he is one of the best clay-court players. His forehand is a huge weapon. I tried to put him under pressure because if I am not putting him under pressure, I am dead.\u201d<\/p>\n Fils will take on world No 2 Alexander Zverev in the last 16 in Rome.<\/p>\n READ NEXT:\u00a0Everything Jannik Sinner said after making winning return to action at the Italian Open<\/a> The post WATCH:\u00a0Arthur Fils and Stefanos Tsitsipas in tense Italian Open argument as umpire steps in<\/a> appeared first on Tennis365<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Arthur Fils has shed light on the tense conversation he and\u00a0Stefanos Tsitsipas engaged in following the pair\u2019s third round encounter at the 2025 Italian Open. Fils battled to a 2-6, 6-4, 6-2 victory over Tsitsipas, the world No 19, in a\u00a0pulsating contest at the Foro Italico. The world No 14 fought back from a set […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-439","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/439","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=439"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/439\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=439"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=439"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=439"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
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