Stefanos Tsitsipas appeared to call his opponent Matteo Berrettini a 'peasant' as he unleashed into a rant at the Swiss Open Gstaad in Switzerland and was defeated 7-6(2), 7-5 in the semi-finals against the Italian after producing an erratic display that included unforced errors.
His frustration boiled over in the second set with Berrettini produced a shot at the net following a misjudgement by the World No.2. The Greek then started to launch into a rant which was translated by a Greek outlet.
"We don't know. You don't play with quality, but you're the same as always," translated Greek outlet Proto Thema as per Tsitsipas.
This featured him shouting the word peasant. But while the outlet did emphasize it wasn't entirely aimed at Berrettini or indeed himself. Tsitsipas himself didn't blame Berrettini after the match and didn't zoom in on his issue with him.
"I wasn't as consistent as he was," he admitted. “I felt like he had longer serves than me, he was winning more easy points than I was on serve. I had to work harder to earn points."
Tsitsipas has never been far from controversy from his comments of calling girlfriend Paula Badosa a hippo down to intense criticism he received for saying men and women are not the same. As well as that the role of men and women is to provide for their husband which was deemed as widely misogynistic. “My intentions were completely different from what people saw. I didn’t see it as sexist or misogynistic, as it was treated by many people," he said on that issue.
Berrettini seemed to benefit from this tie as he went on to win the title defeating Quentin Halys 7-5, 6-0 in the final on Sunday afternoon. While the Greek will head towards the Olympic Games after a horrific run through over the past few months.
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