Tsitsipas had to give up straight away at the ATP Finals

After just a quarter of an hour, the game in the Pala Alpitour was already over, and the spectators whistled to acknowledge the Greek’s quick retirement due to back problems.

“Of course I didn’t want to win the game that way,” said Rune after the game. “But you noticed from your first service game that something was wrong,” said the Dane, who was geocached by Boris Becker. Tsitsipas appeared to have problems with his elbow.

After giving up, Tsitsipas said he had “terrible pain” in his back. “I’m really disappointed that I wasn’t able to finish the match,” said the Greek, who will also not play in his final group game against Serbian Novak Djokovic on Thursday. “But that’s tennis. That’s not darts. For me it’s important that I’m fit and feel comfortable with my back.” The Pole Hubert Hurkacz is replacing Tsitsipas, but has no chance of progressing.

After his first game on Sunday, when he lost in two sets against the Italian Jannik Sinner, Tsitsipas said he was fit and had no problems. In the run-up to the ATP Finals there had already been speculation about Tsitsipas’ health.

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