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Watch: Tsitsipas Plays Pan-Fried Tennis

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Stefanos Tsitsipas cooks on court even without a racket in hand.Tsitsipas joined Denis Shapovalov and Taylor Fritz playing pan-fried tennis in Stockholm.More: Injured Del Potro May Miss ATP FinalsThe trio traded their racquets for frying pans to take on some Swedish juniors.“It was an unusual experience; I only use it to make pancakes, but today I use it for another purpose,” Tsitsipas said. “To play tennis, which was very interesting.“It was pretty heavy I can say. But to me it just didn’t matter. I was just trying to adjust to the new conditions and put in as many balls as I could because that was the biggest challenge that I have today.”The third-seeded Greek has a first-round bye and will play either John Millman or Peter Gojowczyk in his Stockholm Open opener.Photo credit: Christopher Levy]]>

Chris Oddo. Chris Oddo is a freelance sportswriter, podcaster, blogger and social media marker who is a lead contributor to Tennisnow.com. He also writes for USOpen.org, Rolandgarros.com, BNPParibasOpen.com, TennisTV.com, WTAtennis.com and the official US Open program.
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