By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Tuesday October 24, 2023
A fast look on the ATP doubles rankings reveals a significant milestone for Greece and the Tsitsipas household.
After claiming his first ATP doubles titles alongside his brother Stefanos in Antwerp, Petros Tsitsipas has now formally entered the Prime-100. The 23-year-old rises 29 spots to a career-high rating of 81.
🇬🇷 Petros Tsitsipas has damaged into the Prime 100 in doubles for the primary time, hovering from #110 to #81 in the present day after successful the primary ATP doubles title of his profession in Antwerp alongside his massive brother Stefanos. 🏆👏@PeteTsitsipas | @steftsitsipas
— TENNIS (@Tennis) October 23, 2023
TSITSIHUG 🧸
The brothers have achieved it 🙌They beat Behar/Pavlasek 6-7(5) 6-4 10-8 to win their first title collectively ⚡️
Congrats guys 🍾#EuropeanOpen | #ATPTour | #Tennis | #Antwerp | #Tsitsipas pic.twitter.com/BdtzFqUm6K
— European Open (@EuroTennisOpen) October 22, 2023
It was a proud second for the household, as older brother Stefanos has at all times made time to take Petros beneath his wing, as he dedicated himself to their doubles success regardless of his busy singles schedule.
Now they’ve their first ATP title to have a good time.
“That is what we dreamed about rising up.” Tsitsipas mentioned in a put up on Instagram.
He mentioned these emotional phrases after the ultimate, in response to the Tennis Letter:
“There are actually loads of feelings. I need to say that I’ve performed loads of tournaments in my life, I’ve gained loads of titles, and I’ve nice reminiscences. However this one struck me another way, and I can say with nice confidence that it’s in all probability some of the emotional and vital moments of my profession, much more than the singles titles.
“With the ability to win with my brother is unimaginable. We had been little children working round hitting tennis balls and it might by no means have occurred to us that we’d have the chance to play ATP 250, 500 or 1000. I want to thank Petros and everybody who made this potential. We’ve come a good distance and I actually hope we are able to proceed to take action. And that we are able to assist one another in our personal manner and make this journey a dream.”
Stefanos Tsitsipas says successful 1st doubles title together with his brother Petros is extra particular than his singles titles:
“There are actually loads of feelings. I need to say that I’ve performed loads of tournaments in my life, I’ve gained loads of titles, and I’ve nice reminiscences. However… pic.twitter.com/IyREhtk04t
— The Tennis Letter (@TheTennisLetter) October 23, 2023
Afterwards the pair celebrated, with Paula Badosa, the girlfriend of Tsitsipas, taking the selfie honors.
