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A new age for tennis deserves original new heroes

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Vicky Georgatou is not just a person any more, she has become The Tsitsipas Information Gazette. In the media room in Melbourne, she is constantly being pestered for a quote on him, a story, an anecdote. BBC radio is calling, German radio, the Australian Open website, The Straits Times.

Hey, Vicky, does Stefanos really quote Aristotle, in Greek, on his Twitter feed?

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on January 23, 2019, with the headline A new age for tennis deserves original new heroes. Subscribe