Sports

Sensational Tsitsipas moves up to Number 8 in ATP Rankings

Greece's tennis sensation Stefanos Tsitsipas keeps going from strength to strength and is continuing his surge as one of the sport’s youngest and most charismatic stars, reaching number 8 in the ATP World Rankings!

Four months on from capturing the 2018 Next Gen ATP Finals title, the 20-year-old has become the first Greek to break into the Top 10 of the ATP Rankings — and this week moved up to a career-high No. 8.  

In starting 2019 at No. 15, Tsitsipas recorded the biggest win of his career over Roger Federer en route to the Australian Open semi-finals (l. to Nadal) — the youngest Grand Slam semi-finalist since 20-year-old Djokovic at the 2007 US Open — and the following month he clinched his second ATP Tour title at the Open 13 Provence in Marseille (d. Kukushkin).

The YouTube vlogger, with 140,000 followers, also advanced to the Dubai final (l. to Federer), dropping to 2-3 in title matches, but at No. 4 in the ATP Race To London (145 points behind third-placed Rafael Nadal), Tsitsipas is well-placed for a first qualification to the eight-man season finale in November.

*Source: ATP Tour

Ads1

Ads1
Gct

Recent Posts

Archbishop of Australia Arrives in Cuba to Mark 20th Anniversary of Saint Nicholas Church Consecration

Archbishop Makarios of Australia arrived in Havana on January 22, 2025, to represent Ecumenical Patriarch…

3 hours ago

Maria Menounos: Visited Her Mother's Grave with Her Daughter – "It Hurts When You Need Her and She's Not There"

Maria Menounos shared an emotional moment on Instagram, visiting her late mother's grave with her…

3 hours ago

Commemorating Jews of Greece: International Holocaust Remembrance Day

Seventy-six years after the liberation of Auschwitz, Greece remembers the victims of the Nazi-perpetrated Holocaust,…

3 hours ago

Turkey-Greece Visa Program Sparks Tourism Boom, Strengthens Bilateral Ties

Since Greece introduced its visa-on-arrival program for Turkish citizens in April 2024, over 100,000 Turkish…

3 hours ago

Amidst Personal Challenges, Aryna Sabalenka and Georgios Frangulis Strengthen Their Bond

Aryna Sabalenka, the world No. 1, sought to make history with a third consecutive Australian…

6 hours ago

Israeli Airlines Reroute Flights from Paphos to Larnaca Due to Security Concerns

In response to undisclosed security concerns, the Israel General Security Service, Shin Bet, has instructed…

7 hours ago