Stefanos Tsitsipas’ woes continued after the Greek No. 4 seed exited the Japan Open with a 4-6, 6-1, 6-2 first-round loss to American Alex Michelsen on Thursday.
Tsitsipas, the world No. 12, took the primary set in Tokyo however had no reply to his Forty ninth-ranked opponent for the remainder of the match.
Tsitsipas, a two-time Grand Slam finalist, additionally misplaced within the first spherical of the U.S. Open final month.
He introduced final month that he was ending his long-time teaching collaboration together with his father Apostolos.
After dropping to Australian Thanasi Kokkinakis on the U.S. Open, Tsitsipas mentioned that he was “nothing in comparison with the participant I used to be earlier than,” talking of “longterm burnout.”
The previous world No. 3 has slipped out of the High 10 and has gained simply two titles in two seasons.
Michelsen was joined within the second spherical by Britain’s U.S. Open semifinalist Jack Draper, who beat Italian qualifier Mattia Bellucci 6-4, 6-2.
American Tommy Paul, the fifth seed, beat Italy’s Matteo Arnaldi 6-3, 6-2.
Yoshihito Nishioka edged Canada’s Felix Auger-Aliassime 7-6 (7-5), 3-6, 7-6 (7-5) in a match that lasted 3 hours, 12 minutes.
