Tennis star Stefanos Tsitsipas hits Dad and gets scolded by Mum
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<p>Greek tennis legend Stefanos Tsitsipas got more than he bargained for when he smashed his tennis racket in anger and accidentally hit his father and coach Apostolos.</p>
<p>Tsitsipas was playing against Nick Kyrgios, hot-headed Aussie tennis star, and was furious after losing a set to the Aussie.</p>
<p>Tsitsipas slammed his racquet into the bench and accidentally clipped his father and captain Apostolos Tsitsipas on the forearm.</p>
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<p dir="ltr">Here's the moment Stefanos Tsitsipas injured his Dad Apostolos when he smashed his racket!!<br /><br />(<a href="https://twitter.com/ATPMedia?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ATPMedia</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/primevideosport?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@primevideosport</a> 📹) <a href="https://t.co/QDLgJlbrOh">pic.twitter.com/QDLgJlbrOh</a></p>
— JC 🎾. (@Joe__Tennis) <a href="https://twitter.com/Joe__Tennis/status/1214507999093497856?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">7 January 2020</a></blockquote>
<p>His dad was not impressed and walked away briefly, before Tsitsipas’ mother Julia emerged from the crowd to yell at him for his behaviour.</p>
<p>However, the dressing down from mum did little to ease Tsitsipas’ temper as he received a point penalty for unsportsmanlike conduct early in the second set. This was after he smashed a ball into the bench, just missing his dad again.</p>
<p>Tsitsipas said it was an accident.</p>
<p>“It happened accidentally. I didn’t mean to do it and straight away forgot about it and moved on from there,” Tsitsipas said. “I wasn’t aiming to do that, so it went out of control, unfortunately.”</p>
<p>Kyrgios, World No. 30, returned from injury claimed a 7-6 (9-7) 6-7 (3-7) 7-5 (7-5) victory in more than two and a half hours against Tsitsipas.</p>
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<p>However, Kyrgios doesn’t hold Tsitsipas’ outburst against him.</p>
<p>“I didn’t see it (incident). I don’t think he meant it as well. I don’t think you should be giving it too much attention or looking too far into it, to be honest,” Kyrgios said.</p>
<p>“I’ve done some stupid things as well in the heat of the moment, so it was obviously an accident.”</p>
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