{"id":24396,"date":"2026-10-26T23:15:03","date_gmt":"2026-10-26T23:15:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/26\/tsitsipas-basel-withdrawal-sparks-shoulder-injury-concerns\/"},"modified":"2026-10-26T23:15:03","modified_gmt":"2026-10-26T23:15:03","slug":"tsitsipas-basel-withdrawal-sparks-shoulder-injury-concerns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/26\/tsitsipas-basel-withdrawal-sparks-shoulder-injury-concerns\/","title":{"rendered":"Tsitsipas Basel Withdrawal Sparks Shoulder Injury Concerns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-first=\"S\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Stefanos Tsitsipas has pulled out of the Swiss Indoors in a Tsitsipas Basel withdrawal that raises fresh questions over his right shoulder.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Greek star withdrew from the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.swissindoorsbasel.ch\/en\/\">ATP 500 event in Switzerland<\/a> on Sunday 25 October. Its main draw began a day later.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tsitsipas had been drawn to face American Taylor Fritz, the world No. 12, in the first round. A lucky loser will now take his place in the draw.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"h-what-led-to-the-tsitsipas-basel-withdrawal\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">What led to the Tsitsipas Basel withdrawal<\/h3>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tsitsipas arrived in Switzerland after a strong week at the Almaty Open in Kazakhstan, where he reached the semi-finals.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gct-readmore\">Read more: Tsitsipas Saves Three Set Points to Win Almaty Open Thriller<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His campaign there began with an opening win over Aleksandar Kovacevic. He then beat Australian James Duckworth 6-3, 6-4 in the quarter-finals.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, he lost his semi-final on Saturday 24 October to Georgian qualifier Nikoloz Basilashvili 6-4, 6-7(5), 6-3.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Towards the end of that match, Tsitsipas appeared to be struggling with discomfort in his right shoulder. That sparked concern ahead of his next events.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Still, there has been no official confirmation that the shoulder problem caused him to pull out.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As a result, it remains unclear whether the discomfort he showed in Almaty is linked to his decision to skip the Swiss tournament.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"h-paris-masters-next\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Paris Masters next<\/h3>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Next on the 28-year-old\u2019s schedule is the Paris Masters, which <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rolexparismasters.com\/en\">runs from 31 October to 8 November<\/a>. It is one of the biggest events of the late season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After the Tsitsipas Basel withdrawal, his participation in the French capital is now the key question. The state of his right shoulder is likely to shape his plans for the rest of the year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His Almaty run produced only his second semi-final of the season and his first on hard courts since February 2025. It followed a quarter-final run in Shanghai.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">No reason has yet been given for the Tsitsipas Basel withdrawal.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Source: Ta Nea<\/em><\/p>\n<p><!--[googlesitekit-end-of-content]--><\/p>\n<aside class=\"gct-related\">\n<h2>Related coverage<\/h2>\n<\/aside>\n<footer class=\"article-tags entry-footer\">\n<div>\n\t\t<strong>Tags:<\/strong><br \/>\n\t\tAleksandar Kovacevic, Almaty Open, Athens, ATP 500, ATP Tour, Basel, Greece, Greece news, Greek news, greek news now, greek news on demand, greek news today, Greek tennis, James Duckworth, Nikoloz Basilashvili, Paris Masters, shoulder injury, Stefanos Tsitsipas, Swiss Indoors Basel, Taylor Fritz, tennis, Tsitsipas Basel withdrawal\t<\/div>\n<\/footer>\n<div class=\"category_container author-information\">\n<div class=\"inner\">\n<section id=\"authorpage\" class=\"authorpage\">\n\t\t\t\t<img alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/99ca06517608e7af44e9761bf7c358974ffbc4a43859fd8e5be6fc2f50d341af?s=164&amp;r=g\" srcset=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/99ca06517608e7af44e9761bf7c358974ffbc4a43859fd8e5be6fc2f50d341af?s=328&amp;r=g 2x\" class=\"avatar avatar-164 photo lazyload\" height=\"164\" width=\"164\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\/>\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"author-content\">\n<h5>Bill Giannopoulos<\/h5>\n<h4>Junior Editor<\/h4>\n<p>Bill Giannopoulos is a Junior Editor at Greek City Times, covering Greek and international news, sport, and history.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/greekcitytimes.gr\" class=\"boxed-icon fill\" target=\"_blank\"><i class=\"fa-solid fa-link\"\/><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/section><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/greekcitytimes.com\/2026\/10\/27\/tsitsipas-basel-withdrawal\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stefanos Tsitsipas has pulled out of the Swiss Indoors in a Tsitsipas Basel withdrawal that raises fresh questions over his right shoulder. The Greek star withdrew from the ATP 500 event in Switzerland on Sunday 25 October. Its main draw began a day later. Tsitsipas had been drawn to face American Taylor Fritz, the world &#8230; <\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more-container\"><a title=\"Tsitsipas Basel Withdrawal Sparks Shoulder Injury Concerns\" class=\"read-more button\" href=\"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/26\/tsitsipas-basel-withdrawal-sparks-shoulder-injury-concerns\/#more-24396\" aria-label=\"Read more about Tsitsipas Basel Withdrawal Sparks Shoulder Injury Concerns\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":24397,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/greekcitytimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/tsitsipas-featured.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24396","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","no-featured-image-padding"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24396","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24396"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24396\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24397"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24396"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24396"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24396"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}