Flink believes influence of Apostolos Tsitsipas does Stefanos Tsitsipas more harm than good: "Should allow Philippoussis some authority as he knows the game much better"

Tennis journalist Steve Flink would like to see Mark Philippoussis take over as Tsitsipas's coach because he thinks that his father Apostolos does more harm than good.

Apostolos Tsitsipas knows tennis having worked as a tennis coach but many have suggested that he should let his son go and allow him to work with other people. Stefanos slowly brought in more people into his team but Apostolos remains the constant. Flink thinks it's time for the arrangement to end:

“I see his father gesticulating during these matches and correcting him on his strokes. Just incredibly emotional, (which is) understandable, but I don’t think it’s doing him ( Stefanos Tsitsipas) much good with that kind of giving him a lesson after every missed stroke and telling where he is technically going wrong.”

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Flink added:

“I think that he (Tsitsipas’ father) should allow Philippoussis some authority as he knows the game much better than Stefanos’ dad does, with all due respect, and that could make a difference."