It's Starting To Recover, Stefanos Tsitsipas Is Ready To Hunt For The 2024 Olympic Gold Medal

The Greek tennis player, Stefanos Tsitsipas, is targeting a gold medal at the 2024 Paris Olympics (Instagram/@Zerossitsipas98).

JAKARTA Stefanos Tsitsipas is eyeing a gold medal at the 2024 Paris Olympics as he tries to bounce back from injury and start a new season.

The Greek tennis player, who is currently ranked sixth in the world, was forced to withdraw from his second match at the ATP Finals last month due to problems on his back.

Tsitsipas said that currently his health condition has gradually improved from before. The problems that occur on his back have almost completely recovered.

"I clearly want to bring the Olympic (gold) medal back to my country. That is my (main) goal (next year)," Tsitsipas said as quoted by The National.

Tsitsipas has returned to appear in the World Tennis League exhibition event at the Etihad Arena, Abu Dhabi, after withdrawing from the ATP Finals. However, in that event he could only play in the men's doubles and mixed numbers.

Now, he is also ready to start the 2024 season by playing at the United Cup in Sydney early this year.

In this tournament, Tsitsipas and his compatriot, Maria Sakkari, will start their journey against Chile on January 2, 2024.

Tsitsipas said that apart from the target at the Olympics, he also has a goal of winning the Grand Slam. This is an important event that Tsitsipas has never won in his career.

"I want to win a Grand Slam. That is also my goal. I have to be in good shape in order to pursue my goals," he said.

Tsitsipas' best journey at the Grand Slam event was to be a finalist twice. The two finals he managed to achieve were at the French Open 2021 and the Australian Open 2023, respectively.

Tsitsipas has always been ranked in the top 10 in the world since he made his elite debut in February 2019.

He then entered the top three for the first time in 2021 and was in the top five for the majority of the last three seasons.