A boning in order. Swept away by Carlos Alcaraz in just over two hours on Tuesday evening (6-2, 6-1, 7-6) in the quarter-finals of Roland-Garros, Stefanos Tsitsipas took a huge slap… which he says is explained by largely due to a sleep problem.
“He played well. It wasn’t exceptional tennis, but he played well. One thing I’m going to try to avoid in the future is taking melatonin pills and taking a little nap right before a game, because that didn’t go over well with me.” he thus declared at a press conference, visibly still in shock at his defeat.
Disordered sleep programming
The air of nothing, Tsitsipas criticized the programming of the tournament, he who played in the 3rd round and in the 8th finals last on the Suzanne-Lenglen court. Apparently not his cup of tea. “It’s been a bit difficult for a few days. I had sessions at night, not very late but late enough for me, to disrupt my sleep, sleep programming, he explained. And sleep is vital, it’s essential. Recovery is the most important thing when playing Grand Slams. »
To listen to it, however, it is not a novelty. “I made the mistake in the past, before playing against Novak (Djokovic) at Bercy for a year. I had the same result as today in the first two sets, he continued. It pisses me off that it (melatonin) has such an effect on me. This is a lesson to be learned once and for all.