Stefanos Tsitsipas was eliminated from the US Open, marking a historic moment in world tennis. The Greek player, one of the main seeded players of the tournament, failed to advance to the final stages of the last Grand Slam of the season.
This elimination of Tsitsipas represents an unprecedented event in tennis history. Since the creation of the Grand Slam tournaments in 1877, there had always been at least one left-handed tennis player among the men's semifinals of at least one of the four tournaments throughout the year.
Now, for the first time in 149 years, no left-handed player has reached the semifinals in any of the four Grand Slams this season. This means the historical pattern of left-handed tennis representation in the final phases of the most important tournaments on the circuit has been completely broken.
This fact marks a significant break with a tradition that had been maintained since the first Wimbledon tournament in 1877, and represents an unprecedented change in the modern history of professional men's tennis.
