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Stefanos Tsitsipas hurt his father in a remarkable mid-match meltdown during his clash with Australia’s Nick Kyrgios at the ATP Cup. The Greek captain, Apostolos Tsitsipas, who coaches the 21-year-old, was caught by Tsitsipas’s angry racket swipe as he reacted to losing the opening set on a tie-break in Brisbane.
Tsitsipas Sr reacted with shock and moved to sit further away from his son, with a bruise visible on his arm. The world No 6 was hit with a penalty point and given a warning by the umpire as well as a talking-to from his mother, Julia Apostoli.