Australian Open: For tennis guru Brad Gilbert, Stefanos Tsitsipas is the all-round deal


Greece's Stefanos Tsitsipas hits a return against Switzerland's Roger Federer during their men's singles match at the Australian Open, on Jan 20, 2019.
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MELBOURNE - If you want a tennis opinion, find a bald guy, who prefers fist bumps to handshakes, has written a book called Winning Ugly which sits on my bookshelf, talks for a living now which is fitting for silence is not his thing, and once coached a couple of dudes named Agassi, Roddick and Murray.

I find Brad Gilbert in the ESPN studio in Melbourne, full of energy and knowledge and of course you have to ask him about Stefanos Tsitsipas.

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