Stefanos Tsitsipas reacts after making tennis history with Novak Djokovic that will never be repeated

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Stefanos Tsitsipas has made tennis history at Indian Wells this year after playing doubles with Novak Djokovic.

Tsitsipas lost in the first round of Indian Wells in singles, with his defeat to Denis Shapovalov continuing his poor form.

However, the tournament was not over for the Greek, as it was announced that Tsitsipas would be pairing with Djokovic for the first time.

This has enabled Tsitsipas to make tennis history which will never be repeated again, and the world number 43 has now reacted.

Stefanos Tsitsipas becomes first person to play doubles with the big three

Tsitsipas playing doubles with Djokovic at Indian Wells means that he has now played doubles with every member of the big three.

At the 2019 Laver Cup, Tsitsipas played doubles with Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal for Team Europe.

Both matches ended in defeats for Tsitsipas, but it has still enabled him to make tennis history.

There are no active players who have played doubles with both Federer and Nadal, who are now retired from tennis, meaning that Tsitsipas will be the only player to ever hold this record.

Although he could not win his doubles matches with Nadal and Federer, Tsitsipas did win his first round match at Indian Wells with Djokovic against third seeds Marcelo Arevalo and Mate Pavic.

However, their run came to an end in the second round, where Djokovic was left unhappy with Arthur Rinderknech after a controversial moment in the first set of the match.

After this statistic was confirmed to be true, Tsitsipas took to social media to react to the news of his record.

In a Pokemon reference, Tsitsipas posted a picture of all of his doubles matches with the big three, alongside a caption saying, “Gotta Catch ‘Em All.”

Stefanos Tsitsipas explains what it is like to play doubles with Novak Djokovic

That was not the only social media post Tsitsipas made about his experience of playing doubles with Djokovic.

After their first round win, Tsitsipas compared playing doubles with Djokovic to Albert Einstein.

He wrote on X (formerly known as Twitter), “Playing doubles with Novak Djokovic is like showing up to the science test with Einstein wired into your brain.”

Although Tsitsipas is now out of the men’s doubles draw with Djokovic, he is still playing in the mixed doubles event, which also features Venus Williams.

Tsitsipas is playing alongside his compatriot Maria Sakkari, and the pair won their first round match against Karen Khachanov and Anna Dalinina.

While Tsitsipas continues to play doubles, Djokovic will now switch his attention back to the singles draw, where he will now play defending Indian Wells champion Jack Draper.