There have been some complaints about Stefanos Tsitsipas at the Australian Open last week by some in the Greek community.

These relate to his attitude and response to some fans who asked him for his autograph.

During his brother Petros Tsitsipas’s doubles match last Friday, Stefanos was courtside watching on.

One father, Kosta, took his 11-year-old son Luka up to him to ask for an autograph to which the tennis player told them ‘not now, come back after the game’.

But he later left during the second set.

“Look we don’t want this to sort of escalate into a massive big deal, but we’re disappointed, you know,” Kosta told Neos Kosmos.

“He wasn’t playing, the set was over and he was on his own. He wasn’t talking to anyone. He was sitting there so we went up to him politely. There was no one around. It wasn’t like we were drawing attention and he pretty much said ‘no, not now. Come back after the game.’

“He did say sorry, but the way he just dismissed us.

“We came back later to watch the rest of the game, and as we’re watching the rest of the game, he decided to leave.

“Half way through the second set gets up to leave. Everyone flocked to him and we were there and he saw us and he knew, like he saw us and he just brushed us aside and kept walking.”

Neos Kosmos reported on the match on Friday and saw first hand other Greek fans approach Tsitsipas for photos or autographs to which he also said later.

But when he got up to leave, he only stopped briefly to take a photo an older Asian couple, before hastily walking off.

Young Luka called out ‘Stefanos’ a couple of times but he was ignored.

“It’s not like we shoved the ball in his face and said sign it,” Kosta said.

“We’ve gone up to other sportsmen in the past and AFL players and never had that. Honestly, I’ve never come across that before.”

‘Mangas’ (arrogant) was the word he used to describe Tsitsipas.

He was disappointed with what happened especially because of how much his son looks up to him and he didn’t know how to explain it to him.

“Mind you who defends him when he’s losing, at school? My son’s defending him. Our kids, all the Greek kids at school who defend him, who support him and for him to do that, he knows that he’s better than that.”

“I understand he’s cooked and he needs time away from the game. I get that. Don’t be there if you don’t want to do it. Don’t be there.”