'Half-dead, like an amateur' - Stefanos Tsitsipas gutted to miss world No. 1 chance after shock US Open loss

Stefanos Tsitsipas was left gutted and cursing his own play after he missed the potential opportunity to secure the No. 1 world ranking after his shock US Open loss. Not only did the Greek star suffer a very surprising four-set defeat to Colombian qualifier Daniel Elahi Galan on Monday night, but he also squandered the chance of topping the rankings presented to him at this tournament.

Ad The 24-year-old, who has never reached the second week at the US Open, was one of five players who had the opportunity at Flushing Meadows to hold the coveted No. 1 ranking at the end of the final Grand Slam of the season, but he was left devastated with his performance in the defeat. US OpenHighlights: Williams shines on opening night, Tsitsipas out, Kyrgios gets 200th win4 HOURS AGO In shocking scenes, Tsitsipas lost the first 11 games of the match as he found himself looking at a double-bagel to open the contest.

He also received treatment on his upper right arm in the 6-0 6-1 3-6 7-5 defeat. “My arm was pretty tight, nothing was coming off my strokes," Tsitsipas said in his post-match press conference. «I felt like my serve was very slow today, but it was close to the 120s, so I wouldn’t necessarily say that it was.

But he returned great, extremely well. I’m pretty sure it has to do with the altitude where he grew up for sure helps a lot with this kind of stuff. “It crossed my mind when I started playing him that might be due to that.

He did a great job, he dominated the game completely. I just couldn’t get into the match at all, it was as if I was half-dead. “He played like a world-class player and I played like close to an amateur, not very nice to say that, but that’s what happened.