A devastated Stefanos Tsitsipas has spoken about the chronic injury that ended his Wimbledon 2025 campaign and admitted his tennis future is in doubt if he cannot find a solution to the issue.<\/p>\n
Tsitsipas<\/a>\u00a0was forced to retire in the opening round of the Championships due to a lower back injury when trailing 113th-ranked French qualifier Valentin Royer 3-6, 2-6.<\/p>\n The 26-year-old has endured a significant decline in recent years and arrived at Wimbledon<\/a> as the world No 26 \u2014 his lowest ranking position since 2018.<\/p>\n The\u00a0Greek, who is a former world No 3 and two-time Grand Slam runner-up, has not won back-to-back matches since the Barcelona Open in April.<\/p>\n Here is everything Tsitsipas said in a candid post-match press conference at Wimbledon.<\/p>\n Q.<\/strong> Stefanos, can you just tell us what happened to you on court?<\/p>\n TSITSIPAS:<\/strong> It\u2019s tough to describe. I mean, I\u2019m battling many wars these days. It\u2019s really painful to see myself in a situation like this. One thing that I absolutely hate doing is retiring or stopping a match, but I\u2019ve never pictured myself being in a situation like this multiple times since the Nitto ATP Finals in Turin a couple of years back. Since that time, I\u2019ve been very fragile with my body, and I\u2019ve been battling a war of feeling healthy and feeling comfortable going to the extremes, which has been a difficult battle. So I really don\u2019t know. I mean, I feel completely \u2014 I feel like I\u2019m left without answers. I don\u2019t know. I\u2019ve tried everything. I\u2019ve done an incredible job with my fitness. I\u2019ve done an incredible job with my physiotherapy, so I\u2019ve maximised on everything that I possibly can do. Right now, I\u2019m just absolutely left with no answers. I don\u2019t know what to do.<\/p>\n Q.<\/strong> How did it go during your training with Goran [Ivanisevic]?<\/p>\n TSITSIPAS:<\/strong> Oh, he\u2019s great. We\u2019re having a great time. I am very disappointed that I wasn\u2019t able to show my potential the way I deserve to play on the court. It\u2019s not easy. It\u2019s not easy. I feel like even if he gives me the most amount of confidence in the world, if I don\u2019t feel comfortable, if I don\u2019t feel good with myself and my body, then I can\u2019t really show anything.<\/p>\n Q.<\/strong> Stefanos, how were you feeling in the beginning of the tournament? Did you ever think that things could go this way?<\/p>\n TSITSIPAS:<\/strong> I was playing good tennis. I was happy with the way I was playing. I felt like I had a good chance at Wimbledon. I really don\u2019t know what can I say else. It\u2019s tough to wrap my head around what happened.<\/p>\n Q.<\/strong> But physically?<\/p>\n TSITSIPAS:<\/strong> Physically, there was one day that I wasn\u2019t well. It creates a lot of frustration, a lot of uncertainty, a lot of whys and how and when. It\u2019s probably the most difficult situation that I\u2019ve ever been faced with, because it\u2019s an ongoing issue that doesn\u2019t seem to be disappearing or fading off as much. Myself, as a person, I have a limit at some point, so I\u2019ll definitely have to have my final answer on whether I want to do stuff or not in the next couple of months. This is going to be hard, but if I see it going in that trajectory, there is no point at competing. If I\u2019m not healthy, and I\u2019ve talked about health so many times, if health is not there, then your whole tennis life becomes miserable.<\/p>\n Stefanos Tsitsipas and Paula Badosa fuel rumours they have split after painful Wimbledon exits<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Stefanos Tsitsipas makes surprising Carlos Alcaraz claim as Rafael Nadal debate is reignited<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Q.<\/strong> Stefanos, what was the actual specific problem today, if you can explain that?<\/p>\n TSITSIPAS<\/strong>: Well, I\u2019m pretty sure if you look at the Nitto Finals two, three years ago when I had to retire against Holger [Rune], you\u2019ll understand that it\u2019s one of those injuries that you can\u2019t be taking lightly, because your whole \u2014 tennis is a rotational sport, and if you can\u2019t rotate, then there\u2019s no reason playing it. It\u2019s something that I\u2019ve been dealing with for many years now, my lower left side back. It\u2019s exactly what Arthur Fils went through the last couple of weeks playing at the French Open. I feel like it can be a very tricky injury.<\/p>\n Q.<\/strong> Is it something that a break would help with, or is it surgery? Is that a possibility?<\/p>\n TSITSIPAS:<\/strong> No, surgery would definitely be not an option, and the damage has been done already. It\u2019s very unfortunate, because I remember saying to myself that something bad might happen, and I had a small burnout in that particular part of the season when I played Davis Cup and had to go to China a few weeks\u00a0later. I remember saying that something bad might happen if I played for so many weeks in a row. I played a lot of weeks in a row. I didn\u2019t do well at the US Open, but I still played a lot, practised a lot. So that was the time in the period that that happened. So just to show you that the tour can be very taxing on your body.<\/p>\n READ NEXT:\u00a0<\/strong>Stefanos Tsitsipas answers Novak Djokovic question as he opens up on Goran Ivanisevic partnership<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n The post Stefanos Tsitsipas admits \u2018there is no point competing\u2019 if injury nightmare persists after Wimbledon blow<\/a> appeared first on Tennis365<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A devastated Stefanos Tsitsipas has spoken about the chronic injury that ended his Wimbledon 2025 campaign and admitted his tennis future is in doubt if he cannot find a solution to the issue. 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