{"id":231862,"date":"2025-10-22T07:06:13","date_gmt":"2025-10-22T07:06:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/231862\/"},"modified":"2025-10-22T07:06:13","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T07:06:13","slug":"stefanos-tsitsipas-withdraws-from-another-atp-event-last-minute-as-struggles-continue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/231862\/","title":{"rendered":"Stefanos Tsitsipas withdraws from another ATP event last minute as struggles continue"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Stefanos Tsitsipas can\u2019t seem to catch a break in 2025\u2026<\/p>\n

The Greek star hasn\u2019t played an ATP event since the US Open, where Tsitsipas lost to Daniel Altmaier<\/a> in the second round.<\/p>\n

He was scheduled to return at the Shanghai Masters<\/a>, but withdrew hours before his opening match against Portugal\u2019s Nuno Borges.<\/p>\n

\"StefanosPhoto by Elsa\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

The two-time Grand Slam finalist then chose to travel to Saudi Arabia for the Six Kings Slam<\/a>, where he pocketed $1.5 million despite losing his quarterfinal match to Jannik Sinner in just 76 minutes.<\/p>\n

Looking to bounce back, Tsitsipas<\/a> was expected to compete in a European indoor hard court event this week, before withdrawing at the last minute once again.<\/p>\n

Stefanos Tsitsipas withdraws from Vienna Open hours before first-round match<\/p>\n

The world number 25 had been handed a tricky draw in Vienna and was set to play Lorenzo Musetti<\/a> on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

However, hours before the match was scheduled to begin, Tsitsipas withdrew from the tournament due to injury.<\/p>\n

\"StefanosPhoto by FAYEZ NURELDINE\/AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n

He has been replaced by Serbian lucky loser Hamad Medjedovic, who lost to Jacob Fearnley in the second round of qualifying.<\/p>\n

Tsitsipas\u2019 withdrawal came as a surprise, given a social media message he\u2019d posted earlier in the day.<\/p>\n

Announcing that he was in Vienna at 3.30 PM local time, Tsitsipas withdrew less than an hour later.<\/p>\n

There is, of course, a strong chance that the post was scheduled, as is often the case with athletes\u2019 social accounts.<\/p>\n

Regardless, the withdrawal isn\u2019t good news for Tsitsipas, who has struggled throughout 2025.<\/p>\n

The former world number three only won two Grand Slam matches this year, and he hasn\u2019t been able to find any consistency.<\/p>\n

For the third season in a row, Tsitsipas is set to finish with a lower year-end ranking than the year before.<\/p>\n

SeasonTitlesYear-end ranking2017091201811520193620201620212420222420231620241112025 (Live Ranking)125Stefanos Tsitsipas\u2019 ATP seasons<\/p>\n

If Tsitsipas wants to challenge for titles again in 2026, he\u2019ll need to find another gear during the off-season.<\/p>\n

Will Stefanos Tsitsipas return before the 2026 season?<\/p>\n

Tsitsipas is currently scheduled to play two more ATP events before the end of the year.<\/p>\n

Paris Masters (France)Hellenic Championship (Greece)<\/p>\n

The 27-year-old will be desperate to make an appearance at the Hellenic Championship in Athens, his home tournament.<\/p>\n

Tsitsipas will head home as the number-five seed, in a strong field which includes 24-time Grand Slam champion Novak Djokovic<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"NovakPhoto by HECTOR RETAMAL\/AFP via Getty Images2025 Hellenic Championship top eight seeds1. Novak Djokovic2. Karen Khachanov3. Jiri Lehecka4. Jakub Mensik5. Stefanos Tsitsipas6. Luciano Darderi7. Brandon Nakashima8. Alexandre Muller<\/p>\n

While Djokovic may be the event\u2019s biggest attraction, Tsitsipas will no doubt receive the backing of the home crowd.<\/p>\n

Fans in Athens would love to see the greatest Greek player in tennis history lift the trophy on home turf next month.<\/p>\n

However, while Tsitsipas will understandably have one eye on Athens, that\u2019s not to say he should skip the event in Paris.<\/p>\n

Of the two events, the Paris Masters<\/a> offers far more ranking points, which Tsitsipas can\u2019t afford to miss out on.<\/p>\n

\"APhoto by Dean Mouhtaropoulos\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

Were Tsitsipas to rediscover his previous form and somehow win the tournament, he could jump to as high as 19th in the world rankings.<\/p>\n

Therefore, it would be unwise for the Greek to put all his eggs in the Athens basket\u2026<\/p>\n

It remains to be seen where Tsitsipas will return to ATP Tour action.<\/p>\n

The 2025 Paris Masters are scheduled to begin on Monday, October 27.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Follow us on Google Discover Stefanos Tsitsipas can\u2019t seem to catch a break in 2025\u2026 The Greek star…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":231863,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[565],"tags":[753,64,63,85,35899,747,139618],"class_list":{"0":"post-231862","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tennis","8":"tag-atp","9":"tag-au","10":"tag-australia","11":"tag-sports","12":"tag-stefanos-tsitsipas","13":"tag-tennis","14":"tag-vienna-open"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231862","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=231862"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231862\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/231863"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=231862"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=231862"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=231862"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}