"I want to bring young kids into the sport and make it fun" says Stefanos Tsitsipas on Red Bull Bassline

A one-day tennis exhibition event called Red Bull Bassline was held yesterday in Vienna with great success. It saw 8 tennis players participate with the majority of them in the Erste Bank Open field as well. The event was is an idea by Stefanos Tsitsipas who partnered up with Red Bull to organize a different tennis event that what tennis fans or players have usually seen.

The event was played in 'best of 3' tiebreaks with each tiebreak being played with the standard tennis rules. The only major difference from a regular tennis match was background music playing while pay was going on. The music was not too loud but it was enough for Tsitsipas to say that it did affect him a little bit, especially when a good song kicked in.

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The Greek also explained what the motivation was for this event saying:

"I want to bring young kids into the sport and make it fun. Many years ago I went to an NBA game and I
really liked the energy and the music, and that is how Red Bull Bassline was born. This competition will offer
explosiveness, intensity, and competitiveness."

Tsitsipas also praised Carlos Alcaraz who ended up being the winner with: Carlos definitely deserves to be the champion and in many other big events in the future. I am very happy how this turned out."

The winner had this to say: "It is an honour to play here. Stefanos is a great player, so I had to play my best from the first ball to the last ball."