US Open 2026 – Tsitsipas embraces the great and the dangerous
Tsitsipas had the higher hand in his solely earlier assembly with Shelton, a straight units win three years in the past in Cincinnati. He has additionally added two victories over prime 10 gamers this 12 months, each on exhausting courts, forward of his battle in opposition to the world No. 9.
“There is not a lot for me to be apprehensive about as a result of I am simply taking part in and having fun with,” the 28-year-old added. “If issues go properly, issues go properly. In my thoughts, I’m making an attempt to just accept this historic Greek philosophy of getting ready for the worst-case state of affairs in my thoughts earlier than I’m going out into the battlefield, into this struggle zone.
“I’ve already embraced that there is perhaps dangerous eventualities. It gained’t all the time be preferrred, so going right into a match with that mindset permits me to view what I’m doing on the market barely in another way. An excessive amount of optimism and an excessive amount of confidence also can kill your recreation. I’ve discovered it in several methods all through my profession.”
This 12 months introduced change for Tsitsipas when he break up from his coach and father, Apostolos Tsitsipas, for the second time in June.
He has now reunited with one other former coach in Patrick Mouratoglou (beforehand coach of Serena Williams and Naomi Osaka, amongst others), who leads the crew whereas Thomas Perrin handles the each day duties.
What lies forward for Tsitsipas is one other check in opposition to one of many recreation’s most in-form and electrical gamers. However he’s harking back to his outdated, fiery self on courtroom, lastly taking part in with out ache and with the guile that introduced him to the highest of the game.
If his Greek philosophy and Shelton’s explosive power are something to go by, Flushing Meadows can anticipate a battle for the ages on Sunday (6 September).
