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Stefanos Tsitsipas does not think that the Hellenic Tennis Federation is doing enough to support its talents as the top-ranked Greek male tennis player has a clear plan for how he wants to help promising players from his country.
In world No. 6 Tsitsipas and eighth-ranked Maria Sakkari, Greece has two top-10 players and two big names on the men’s and women’s Tours. But besides Tsitsipas and Sakkari, Greece doesn’t have more big or notable names in tennis.
In men’s tennis, Greece’s second-best ranked player is 19-year-old Stefanos Sakellaridis, who is ranked at No. 416 in the world. When it comes to the WTA Tour, the next best-ranked player after Sakkari is Despina Papamichail, who is sitting at No. 215 in the world.
Greece has several young players on both Tours but they just haven’t been able to create more notable or star names over the last couple of years. Two-time Grand Slam finalist Tsitsipas wants to help Greek tennis and he hopes he and Sakkari can join forces and figure out something together.
Tsitsipas wants to help Greek tennis, invites Sakkari to join him
“Personally, I have a plan, which I want to implement in a few years…
