{"id":626304,"date":"2025-09-01T05:51:34","date_gmt":"2025-09-01T04:51:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/?p=626304"},"modified":"2025-09-01T05:51:43","modified_gmt":"2025-09-01T04:51:43","slug":"nick-kyrgios-defends-stefanos-tsitsipas-amid-harsh-fan-ridicule-over-grand-slam-struggles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/nick-kyrgios-defends-stefanos-tsitsipas-amid-harsh-fan-ridicule-over-grand-slam-struggles\/","title":{"rendered":"Nick Kyrgios Defends Stefanos Tsitsipas Amid Harsh Fan Ridicule Over Ongoing Grand Slam Struggles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Stefanos Tsitsipas isn&rsquo;t going through an easy time. The Greek player hasn&rsquo;t had a good year, especially in the Grand Slams. Despite trying different coaches and different methods, Tsitsipas has just not been able to catch a break. Now, other early exits in the US Open have opened the floodgates of ridicule from fans. Interestingly, an old rival, Nick Kyrgios, has come out to defend Tsitsipas during this ordeal.<\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Stefanos Tsitsipas was 22 years old, 2-0 up in the Roland Garros 2021 final.<br><br>After blowing that lead, his career has been pretty much downhill ever since.<br><br>This fall off needs to be studied. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YtGfsJ10Gk\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>pic.twitter.com\/YtGfsJ10Gk<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Swish &#127826; Tennis (@Zwxsh) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Zwxsh\/status\/1961428933381165266?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>August 29, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Nick Kyrgios Questions Fans Who Are Trolling Stefanos Tsitsipas<\/strong><\/h2><p>There was a time when Stefanos Tsitsipas was considered one of tennis&rsquo; premier young players. Someone who was sure to win a Grand Slam in the near future. However, since the French Open final in 2022, Tsitsipas has been in a slow decline. Perhaps 2025 is the nadir, but that made fans joke about him not really living up to his potential. However, Kyrgios disagrees.&nbsp;<\/p><p>A social media post captioned, <em>&ldquo;The haters said he couldn&rsquo;t do it. The haters said he&rsquo;d never win a grand slam. And they were correct. Honestly great call from the haters,&rdquo;<\/em> generated ton of heat for Tsitsipas. Kyrgios couldn&rsquo;t stop himself from defending Tsitsipas by writing,<em><strong> &ldquo;Guys made over 30 mill USD. Haters will continue to hate whilst sitting with their hands in their pants.&rdquo;<\/strong><\/em><\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#128557; Kyrgios &lsquo;defending&rsquo; Tsitsipas is not a turn that I expected <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/yBq9rvfsWF\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>pic.twitter.com\/yBq9rvfsWF<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Olly Tennis &#127934;&#127468;&#127463; (@Olly_Tennis_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Olly_Tennis_\/status\/1962226007588372912?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>August 31, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure><p>Certainly, that&rsquo;s a valid take. With almost $35m earnings, Kyrgios sits just outside top 10 in the all-time list of men&rsquo;s tennis. However, one can&rsquo;t help but see that Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner have zoomed past him even in earnings despite being much younger than him. More importantly, Tsitsipas remains without a Grand Slam but also, as of now, without much confidence. But that&rsquo;s just the culmination of an inconsistent year, both on and off the field.<\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Tsitsipas&rsquo; Coaching Changes and Controversies That Derailed 2025<\/strong><\/h2><p>After years of playing under the tutelage of his father, Stefanos Tsitsipas decided to enroll Goran Ivanisevic as his new coach. The<a href=\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/never-seen-a-player-in-worse-physical-condition-goran-ivanisevic-slams-really-bad-stefanos-tsitsipas\/\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'> relationship wasn&rsquo;t ideal <\/a>from the start as Ivanisevic tended to publicly shame Tsitsipas. The worst of it came after Wimbledon, when he declared that at 53, he was<em> &ldquo;three times&rdquo;<\/em> as fit as Tsitsipas. This constant shaming ultimately led to their relationship ending in just two months.<\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Stefanos Tsitsipas confronts opponent about underhand serve in tense US Open moment\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iO1xIjTjF8g?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure><p>Now Tsitsipas is back with his father, Apostolos, but the damage is done. While his father has since disapproved of Ivanisevic&rsquo;s methods, saying, <em>&ldquo;Coaches must create the right environment for the player to develop,&rdquo; <\/em>things haven&rsquo;t improved under him either. Tsitsipas has lost 7 of his last 10 matches. The latest being a shocking second-round exit from the US Open. While Nick Kyrgios is defending him, one can&rsquo;t deny Tsitsipas hasn&rsquo;t been impressive for a long time now.<\/p><p>Can Tsitsipas return to his best in 2026? He&rsquo;d certainly wish he did. The Greek has already fallen behind Alcaraz and Sinner, how long before the entire sport passes him by?<\/p><p><em>Mandatory Credit: Dan Hamilton-Imagn Images<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"mm-layout mm-layout-type-post mm-layout-slot4\">\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stefanos Tsitsipas looks to move past a disappointing 2025.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":48,"featured_media":626311,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_mux_skip_reasons":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[4770],"tags":[4917,5691,6844,5368,4936,5113,7904],"class_list":["post-626304","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tennis","tag-atp","tag-goran-ivanisevic","tag-nick-kyrgios","tag-stefanos-tsitsipas","tag-tennis","tag-us-open","tag-us-open-2025"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Nick Kyrgios Defends Stefanos Tsitsipas Amid Harsh Fan Ridicule Over Ongoing Grand Slam Struggles - 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