Boris Becker's two-word response to news of Goran Ivanisevic joining Stefanos Tsitsipas as coach after French Open

Former world number one Boris Becker had an interesting reaction to the news regarding Greece’s Stefanos Tsitsipas’ decision to hire one-time Grand Slam winner Goran Ivanisevic as his coach. The 26-year-old, who is regarded as one of the most talented players currently playing in men’s tennis in the singles category, has struggled to produce results consistently on the court, especially after parting ways from his father who was his long-time coach.

As per the latest report, Tsitsipas has hired Ivanisevic as his coach. Some media reports claim that the 53-year-old, who is famous for his coaching stint with the former world number one and Serbia’s legendary tennis star Novak Djokovic, will join the Greek tennis star after the French Open. Former world number one Becker, in a post on his official account on the social media platform X — previously known as Twitter — had a two-word reaction about the development. “Good news,” he wrote.

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Tsitsipas, who was recently taking part in the Monte-Carlo Masters, suffers another difficult defeat, this time in the quarterfinal of the event to Italy’s Lorenzo Musetti with a score of 1-6, 6-3, 6-4. He spoke to the media after the match and expressed his frustration about his own performance on the day. He was of the opinion that he should have won the match.

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"Well.. yeah.. it's difficult to accept. Feeling so confident playing on this court and not being able to win a match that I felt I kind of had every reason to try and win is definitely heartbreaking," said Tsitsipas. "I just feel like I could have done way more today. I missed forehands I never miss. I was actually quite surprised to see those forehands go out or to the net," he added. "I was kind of confused, looking deep down, trying to understand what’s happening, because these things are definitely not normal."

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