Greek tennis star Stefanos Tsitsipas has cruised by means of to Wimbledon’s second spherical after beating Japan’s Taro Daniel within the opening spherical.
The 25-year-old athlete is a power to be reckoned with and is at the moment ranked No. 11 having beforehand reached a career-high rating of quantity three.
As Stefanos advances in London’s prestigious tennis event, be part of HELLO! as we take a better have a look at his tennis professional girlfriend Paula and his famous family…
Stefanos’ tennis star girlfriend
Stefanos is at the moment relationship 26-year-old Spanish tennis professional Paula Badosa. The loved-up couple went public with their relationship shortly after the 2023 Italian Open in Rome. Since then, the pair have teamed up on the court docket, successful their first-ever combined doubles match in World Tennis League motion in December final yr.
© Instagram“This was the test,” joked Paula after successful the match. “Either we get divorced, or this goes better & better.” Chiming in, Stefanos mentioned: “It’s a true pleasure to share the court with someone I’ve followed for a few years. My favourite female tennis player.”
Whilst the pair briefly separated in May, they later rekindled their romance weeks later forward of the French Open the place they took half within the combined doubles.
© Getty Images“It was hard for us being apart and I was going through some hard times too,” Stefanos defined. “I would say that I didn’t manage it very well either, because I was feeling the pressure of the tour, of my work.”
© Getty ImagesOf their transient break up, he went on to say: “After two, three weeks I realised that she is a person who has supported me a lot and when she tried to talk to me – I felt how intense the love we have for each other is. I realised that this relationship I have with Paula is completely different from any other relationship I have had in the past.”
His family’s tennis legacy
Stefanos was born right into a tennis family. His mom Julia is a former WTA skilled and his father Apostolos educated as a tennis coach. The Greek tennis ace was launched to the game at a younger age and began to play on the age of three, earlier than taking classes aged six.
© Getty ImagesHe has three youthful siblings: brothers Petros and Pavlos and a sister referred to as Elisavet. Like Stefanos, the trio have equally adopted of their famous mother and father’ sporty footsteps.
“My mum, she knows a lot about tennis,” Tsitsipas advised reporters in 2020. “Sometimes it can be a bit complicated when she wants to give her own opinion or advice direct to me, then have my dad tell me something else.”
© InstagramHe continued: “We’ve sat down and we said, ‘Guys, that’s my coach. Whatever opinions or whatever thoughts you have, has to be filtered through Apostolos, my father’. It can get quite hectic.”