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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.
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.
"Honestly, I'm not very frustrated," Tsitsipas told reporters
after his loss. "My arm is good. I'm happy I'm on the court
playing. I'm happy I'm competing.
"I'm motivated. I want to achieve things this year. I'll see
where I can bring that, where I can reach.
"I really hope I can do well in big tournaments. But of course
with the things that I've had before, I'm much more
appreciative. I don't see any negative sides to anything."
Tsitsipas has previously said that his doctor was stunned by how
quickly he recovered from the operation late last year.
In 2022 the Greek has made the semi-finals of the Australian
Open and the ATP 500 event in Acapulco, and also reached the
title round at Rotterdam last month.
"There's a side where I'm playing, it's way better than I would
ever have thought," Tsitsipas said, summing up his 2022 season
so far.
"The fact that I'm playing on court, it brings me the biggest
happiness and joy for a very long time, having suffered with
chronic elbow problems."
(The story is refiled to change the image to Stefanos Tsitsipas
from Jenson Brooksby)
(Reporting by Sudipto Ganguly in Mumbai; Editing by Kenneth
Maxwell)
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