Tsitsipas looks back on his early journalism days

While the press experience at Roland Garros is wildly different to years past, there have still been great insights emerging from the virtual room. As Stefanos Tsitsipas has made his way to the quarterfinals, he was asked an unexpected question: What does he get out of his interactions in post-match press?

To the surprise of many, the Greek revealed that as an 11-year-old he was a journalist himself and passionate about updating his tennis-centric Facebook page with news and results, mostly about Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer.

"The name of it was Tenniscore ITN," the 22-year-old said. "I was really into it. Every day after school I would check the results, check the current, latest tennis news. I would update it. It was a lot of fun, I enjoyed doing it."

Even at that tender age, he steered clear from bias and favoritism.

"I think you all know that Roger Federer was my favorite player growing up, but I didn't necessarily make him a god in my Facebook page," he said. "I covered the news the same, equal way as any other player."

His early passion for journalism makes him more understanding of how reporters operate and why they have to ask certain questions, though he does yearn for the rare interesting and thought-provoking questions.

"I do appreciate journalists that come out a little bit more, I would say, unexpected," he said. "Ask me some other things that don't relate or don't have to do with my tennis match, or maybe have to do with my tennis match but in a way in a deeper sense."

A lot of questions and answers in press are repetitive, touching on how a player felt on court, what were the keys to the match and thoughts about the next opponent.

It can get tiresome for everyone involved.

"I really understand journalism and this world," Tsitsipas said. "I won't lie to you, sometimes it's difficult receiving the same answers, having the same things going on. I kind of find myself repeating the same answers, repetition, over and over again."

The world No. 6 is more expressive than some of his peers as he also has a YouTube channel and will be producing even more behind-the-scenes content in the near future.

While off the court, he continues to thrill his fans with the inner workings of his mind, on the court, he's been making his way through the Roland Garros draw. After a three-set win over Grigor Dimitrov, the No. 5 seed will face Andrey Rublev in the quarterfinals on Wednesday.