Tsitsipas sees no negative from early Indian Wells exit

Greece’s Stefanos Tsitsipas exited the ATP Masters at Indian Wells, but said he no longer gets too bothered by defeats – after battling severe elbow pain last season, simply competing at a high level on a tennis court is his “biggest happiness”.

The 23-year-old world number five started briskly against American Jenson Brooksby in the third round of the tournament on Monday before going down 1-6 6-3 6-2.

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The pain in Tsitsipas’s elbow was so bad last year that the French Open runner-up considered walking away from tennis altogether, but after successful surgery he has once again had deep runs in 2022.