Speaking in a press conference, Tsitsipas, who is now in a relationship with Kristen Thoms, said: "I have found more peace and tranquillity from not being with someone that does the same thing as me.

"As a creative person, I like to escape my world whenever I'm not in it. It's very difficult to do so when you're with someone that shares exactly what you do.

"Now, that is not an excuse for why not to be with someone, because obviously when you love someone and you really care for someone, you will move mountains in order to be with them and spend time with them.

"But you do realise one thing that I personally felt is that it's too much. There's a lot of anxiety, there's a lot of uncertainty, and my whole life almost duplicates around tennis, when in fact I want to be more in control of what I want to do in my life and how I want to live my life.

"I've never shared that with people before, but I don't thrive in that environment. I like some things for myself. I prefer, and I believe that not everything needs to be shared with the world."

Earlier this year, before Wimbledon, former world No. 2 Badosa said their relationship had gone through "toxic situations" that continued after their break-up. She said: "There were many of them [toxic situation]. I suffered a lot for a year. What I and the people around me went through was very difficult."

Declining to even mention Tsitsipas's name, she added: "Everything comes out in the end. But he is a person - him and those around him - that I do not want to name any more or dwell on."