Stefanos Tsitsipas and his colleagues were amused by an AI-generated image of the World No. 7 as a toddler during a recent media encounter at the 2024 Madrid Open.
Alcaraz, Murray, Auger-Aliassime, and Shapovalov were all surprised to learn that the child in the photo was intended to be the 25-year-old.
“I could never say Tsitsipas,” Carlos Alcaraz explained.
“Tsitsipas? Andy Murray joked, “Wow, I’m not having that.”
“Tsitsipas? Wow, I would never have imagined… “I would never have guessed that,” Felix Auger-Aliassime said.
“They got the hair right, that’s about it,” Denis Shapovalov said.
Stefanos Tsitsipas had been in a slump since winning the 2023 Los Cabos Open last August. Consequently, the Greek fell outside the ATP top 10 rankings in February this year for the first time since his top-10 debut in 2019.
That said, Tsitsipas has righted the ship over the last two months. While the former World No. 3 didn’t enjoy a good campaign at the Indian Wells Masters and the Miami Masters in March, he was in stunning form at Monte-Carlo Masters the following month. He defeated Jannik Sinner, Alexander Zverev and Casper Ruud en route to his third title in the Principality.
The 25-year-old followed up on his Monte-Carlo run with a runner-up finish to Ruud at the Barcelona Open. Although he lost in the second round in Madrid this fortnight, he will now have ample opportunities to recharge his batteries for the Internazionali BNL d’Italia and Roland Garros — the final two big tournaments of this year’s European clay swing.
