PARIS (AP) — French Open runner-up Stefanos Tsitsipas said Monday his grandmother died just before he played
Tsitsipas
He thanked her for raising his father and called her a “wise woman whose faith in life, and willingness to give and provide can’t be compared to any other human being that I have ever met.”
Tsitsipas continued: “It’s important to have more people like her in this world. Because people like her make you come alive. They make you dream.”
The 22-year-old from Greece lost to Djokovic
Tsitsipas had been scheduled to play singles and doubles at a grass-court event in Halle, Germany, this week, but the tournament announced Monday he had withdrawn because of "personal reasons.”
The next Grand Slam tournament, Wimbledon, begins June 28.
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