Stefanos Tsitsipas & Paula Badosa Practice Together In Mallorca | ATP Tour | Tennis

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The problem confronted by Stefanos Tsitsipas on the Mallorca Championships shouldn’t be unfamiliar to him. The Greek landed on the Balearic Island on Sunday aiming to make to it back-to-back titles on the grass-court ATP 250, one thing he has beforehand achieved in Marseille (2019-20) and on the Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters (2021-22).

The No. 5 within the Pepperstone ATP Rankings is but so as to add to his trophy haul this season, though he has reached two finals. One in all them got here on Spanish soil, on the Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell (the opposite was at January’s Australian Open).

Tsitsipas is fifth on the leaderboard of most tour-level wins in 2023 with 32. This week, he’ll hope for a trophy to reward his constant profitable on the grass of Mallorca. For his journey to the ATP 250, Tsitsipas is joined by his father and long-term coach Apostolos Tsitsipashis brother Petros Tsitsipas (who’s competing within the doubles), and his girlfriend, WTA Tour star Paula Badosa.

Badosa, who’s recovering from a stress fracture to a vertebra, is getting ready herself for a return to competitors. On Monday morning she took half in a observe session underneath the supervision of Apostolos.

Within the afternoon, she shared a observe court docket with Stefanos earlier than the 24-year-old, who’s the highest seed within the singles draw, took to court docket to play his first-round doubles match alongside Feliciano Lopez.

A nine-time ATP Tour champion, Tsitsipas will tackle the in-form Yannick Hanfmann in his opening match, after the German defeated Pedro Cachin 6-2, 6-1 on Monday.