"That was the day I saw life with a different perspective. "If we were supposed to die and lose our lives that day, we would have to do it together. I was just a few breaths away from dying. "My father saw us from afar and he jumped in, started swimming towards us and pushed us towards the beach. I didn't know how all this was going to end," Tsitsipas once recalled.
"We couldn't breathe, I felt awful to be inside the water and was terrified. The two boys were just moments from being swept away until Tsitsipas's father Apostolos, who is also his coach, dived in to haul them to safety. In 2015, while taking part in a third-tier event in Crete, a teenage Tsitsipas and a friend went swimming and almost fatally misjudged the strength of the currents. There are not many athletes whose careers and outlooks have been forged by near-death experiences, but the world number four is an exception. Stefanos Tsitsipas (24) will become Greece's first Grand Slam champion and a world number one if he wins the Australian Open final on Sunday - he will have his father to thank if he does.
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