“Obviously a father-son relationship can be complicated. We’ve had our good moments, we’ve had our bad moments, miscommunications, not being able to communicate with ease. But we’re not perfect,” Stefanos Tsitsipas admitted at the Cincinnati Open, laying bare the raw truth as his father, Apostolos Tsitsipas, returned to his coaching corner after a brief absence. The move was hardly surprising given his fleeting partnership with Goran Ivanisevic, which began after his Roland Garros exit and ended abruptly following his Wimbledon retirement, a span he later called “brief but intense.” Now, with his father reinstated and plans to add another coach, Tsitsipas stands at a crossroads of renewal and reinvention.

“We have changed our dynamic very much and I’m actually very happy the

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