'Tsitsipas played with the same mindset and style of Federer' - Wilander
In an interview to Tennis365, the seven-time Grand Slam winner Mats Wilander commented on Stefanos Tsitsipas's win over Roger Federer at the Australian Open.
'It means that you can play tennis in 2019, with the same style and tactical mindset as Roger Federer and with the same technique', said Wilander in an interview to Tennis365 speaking of Tsitsipas's win over the Swiss. 'So, what it means for him is that he will build confidence in not having to go crazy with the style that we might have said was outdated and that only one person could do it – Roger Federer. Now we’ve figured out that’s not true, so for him it’s like ‘oh good, I can come to the net, I can go to the back-hand, I can slice, I can serve and volley – I can play the way I want to play to get to the top of the game and win a slam’, that’s what it means for him.'
'The Federer victory means everything for him. When you are an all-around player, with that much variety, it’s incremental in every department. For Tsitsipas he has it all, with a great mindset, and he would be the easiest player in a way to improve. You don’t know if the other guys will get it, ever.'
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from Tennis World USA http://bit.ly/2WraQ4G
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