“I wanted to invite you because we’ve been practicing a lot this week as players,” Tsitsipas joked with the world No. 7 in the LPGA rankings, “and I would like you to please join me and see how it goes for you.”
It went well—for Green anyway: She left Tsitsipas incredulous with her deft abilities, once sinking a hole-in-one that drew raucous applause from the Greek.
“No one has been able to do that all week!” he said.
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“Welcoming Hannah before her tournament here in Shanghai, is something exciting: having a pro like her showing us how it’s done,” Tsitsipas said.
Teasing that he shot 25-over-par on the small course, the two-time Grand Slam finalist said that, for now, putting on the greens is more difficult for him than putting away a swinging volley.
“We got very competitive,” he continued. “I realized I’m not as good as I thought I was.”
