Stefanos Tsitsipas’ woes continued after the Greek quantity 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 quantity 12, took the primary set in Tokyo however had no reply to his Forty ninth-ranked opponent for the remainder of the match, dropping in 1hr, 48min.
Tsitsipas, a two-time Grand Slam finalist, additionally misplaced within the first spherical of the US Open final month.
He introduced final month that he was ending his long-time teaching collaboration along with his father Apostolos.
Tsitsipas mentioned after dropping to Australian Thanasi Kokkinakis on the US Open that he was “nothing in comparison with the participant I used to be earlier than”, talking of “long-term burnout”.
The previous world quantity three has slipped out of the highest 10 and has gained simply two titles in two seasons.
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Michelsen was joined within the second spherical on the Japan Open by Britain’s US Open semi-finalist Jack Draper, who beat Italian qualifier Mattia Bellucci 6-4, 6-2.
American Tommy Paul, the quantity 5 seed, beat Italy’s Matteo Arnaldi 6-3, 6-2.
Japan’s Yoshihito Nishioka edged Canada’s Felix Auger-Aliassime 7-6 (7/5), 3-6, 7-6 (7/5) in a match that lasted 3hr, 12min.
