{"id":22935,"date":"2025-07-25T11:33:15","date_gmt":"2025-07-25T11:33:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/22935\/"},"modified":"2025-07-25T11:33:15","modified_gmt":"2025-07-25T11:33:15","slug":"stefanos-tsitsipas-admits-hes-made-a-big-mistake-and-issues-public-apology-to-his-father-after-re-hiring-him-as-coach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/22935\/","title":{"rendered":"Stefanos Tsitsipas admits he&#8217;s made a &#8216;big mistake&#8217; and issues public apology to his father after re-hiring him as coach"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Stefanos Tsitsipas has made another coaching change as he looks to turn his season around ahead of the North American hard-court swing.<\/p>\n<p>After just two months together, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetennisgazette.com\/news\/goran-ivanisevic-releases-his-first-statement-after-splitting-with-stefanos-tsitsipas\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tsitsipas and Goran Ivanisevic<\/a> have split after a poor grass-court season.<\/p>\n<p>Beginning their relationship at the Halle Open, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetennisgazette.com\/news\/andy-roddick-has-already-noticed-a-change-in-stefanos-tsitsipas-since-goran-ivanisevic-joined-his-team\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tsitsipas defeated Luciano Darderi<\/a> in his opening match, his only win with Ivanisevic as his coach.<\/p>\n<p>Losses to Alex Michelsen in Halle and Valentin Royer at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetennisgazette.com\/tag\/wimbledon\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Wimbledon<\/a> brought the Greek star\u2019s shocking grass season to an end, finishing with a 1-2 record on the surface.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2222934966-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Stefanos Tsitsipas and Valentin Royer embrace at the net after their Wimbledon first-round match\" class=\"wp-image-108809\" \/>Photo by Dan Istitene\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Releasing a statement upon the conclusion of their working relationship, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetennisgazette.com\/tag\/goran-ivanisevic\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ivanisevic<\/a> revealed that Tsitsipas will now re-hire Apostolos Tsitsipas (his father) as his coach.<\/p>\n<p>Just hours before the news broke of Ivanisevic and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetennisgazette.com\/tag\/stefanos-tsitsipas\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tsitsipas<\/a>\u2018 split, the 26-year-old has issued an apology to his father, outlining how they plan to work together in the future.<\/p>\n<p>Stefanos Tsitsipas issues an apology to his father and outlines future plans<\/p>\n<p>Tsitsipas ended his coaching relationship with his father last year, as tensions boiled over at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetennisgazette.com\/tag\/canadian-open\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Canadian Open<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The former world number three asked his father to leave his box in Montreal and said he was \u2018very disappointed in him\u2019 during his post-match press conference.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to Greek media outlet <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sdna.gr\/tenis\/1332758_tsitsipas-ekana-lathos-me-ton-patera-moy-kai-eprepe-na-apologitho\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">SDNA<\/a>, Tsitsipas has now apologized, as he looks forward to a better relationship with Apostolos from here on.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-1313123215-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"Stefanos Tsitsipas and Apostolos Tsitsipas embrace at the 2021 Monte-Carlo Masters\" class=\"wp-image-114681\" \/>Photo by Alexander Hassenstein\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe discussed it, from my side, I had to apologize because it was a big mistake on my part,\u201d said Tsitsipas.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have found a new line of communication and a way to talk to each other, so that such things don\u2019t happen again and such tensions don\u2019t arise again.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI love my father with all my heart, and what he has done in recent years is truly exciting. He has helped me in my difficult moments, in my most successful and good moments; my family has always been there. I don\u2019t want to be separated from them.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTensions may arise again, in the sense that I may feel burdened again, but the relationship I have with my father I will not find anywhere else.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The world number 29 proceeded to comment on what he looks for from a coach, as he named the member of his team he wants to work with for the \u2018rest of his life\u2019.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2221876367-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Stefanos Tsitsipas looks on ahead of the 2025 Wimbledon Championships\" class=\"wp-image-112801\" \/>Photo by Dan Istitene\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen I work with the right people, with people that I choose and make me feel comfortable, there is a mood,\u201d said Tsitsipas.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cComfortable doesn\u2019t mean that I stop training whenever I want or that I tell you how much exercise I want to do, they are the ones who have a common line, who know how hard we work and what we want to achieve through the work we put in, but also maintain a friendly atmosphere throughout it all.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is very difficult to have dictators and people who speak negatively, and you don\u2019t feel like they are close to you, like family.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBeing able to build a family out of this, people who will not only work with you in the tennis part but will also be your friends after your career, is something that I really want to build.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy trainer, Fred [Lefevre], I plan to have for the rest of my life. He\u2019s not just a person who will be with me for the next ten years, he\u2019s a member of my family.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>With his coaching situation settled, Tsitsipas can now focus on finishing 2025 on a high note, as he heads to North America.<\/p>\n<p>Can Stefanos Tsitsipas shock the world and win the Canadian Open?<\/p>\n<p>12 months on from their disagreement in Montreal, Tsitsipas and his father will reunite in Toronto for the Canadian Open.<\/p>\n<p>Tsitsipas is a former finalist at the Canadian Open and could be primed to take advantage of a weakened field, following the long list of withdrawals.<\/p>\n<p>Big-name withdrawals from the Canadian OpenJannik SinnerCarlos AlcarazJack DraperNovak DjokovicTommy Paul<\/p>\n<p>The Greek star will certainly be looking to improve upon his recent results in Canada, having lost in the second round on his previous three visits.<\/p>\n<p>Only time will tell if Tsitsipas can win his fourth Masters 1000 title in Toronto, but you certainly won\u2019t want to miss any of the action when the tournament begins on Monday, July 28.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Stefanos Tsitsipas has made another coaching change as he looks to turn his season around ahead of the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":22936,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[18945,6733,49,48,82,18693],"class_list":["post-22935","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-apostolos-tsitsipas","tag-atp","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-sports","tag-stefanos-tsitsipas"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22935","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22935"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22935\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22936"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22935"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22935"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22935"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}