Stefanos Tsitsipas: Mats Wilander urges father Apostolos Tsitsipas to stop on-court coaching after Taylor Fritz win

Mats Wilander has urged Stefanos Tsitsipas’ father to stop giving on-court advice for the benefit of his son’s development. Apostolos Tsitsipas is part of the world’s No 4’s coaching team and often appears to be giving out tactical tips to his son from the box during matches. Ad/> On-court coaching is not allowed on the ATP Tour and Tsitsipas was given a coaching violation in his Australian Open third-round win over Benoit Paire and his thrilling fourth-round victory over Taylor Fritz.

Australian OpenTsitsipas beats Fritz in epic to reach quarter-finals2 HOURS AGO The umpire told Tsitsipas at the end of the fourth set against Fritz to talk to his father and tell him stop or he would get another violation. “At some point his father needs to get out of there,” seven-time Grand Slam champion Wilander said on Eurosport. “Let Stefanos figure things out himself.

You can have a proper go through the match beforehand and afterwards, but Stefanos can solve the problems [during the match]. Tsitsipas beats Fritz in epic fourth-round match Tsitsipas given coaching violation in Paire win “The situation [with the umpire] happens and then in the fifth set Tsitsipas wins it 6-4. He plays a brilliant set, maybe the best set in the whole match.” Tsitsipas dropped the first and third set against Fritz but fought back well to set up a quarter-final clash with 11th seed Jannik Sinner.

Former British No 1 Tim Henman agreed with Wilander that Tsitsipas’ father needs to cut down on the advice he is giving his son during matches. “It will make Stefanos a better player if he works it out for himself. “If he always has his dad in his ear saying ‘serve here, run there’ I don’t think he develops.