An ATP event in Greek may be introduced on the ATP Tour calendar very soon. In an exclusive interview with Reuters, the world No. 15 Stefanos Tsitsipas revealed that a professional men's tennis event is on the country's plan. 'I think if things go the same as they are now, we’re going to see an ATP 250 or 500 in the next three, four or five years (in Athens), in my opinion.

I know some people back home that are interested in doing this and they showed me the project of how the tournament is going to look', said Tsitsipas. 'I was fascinated. It is in Athens of course (but) I was surprised at the location, because it's actually very clever to (stage) this tournament there.' Tsitsipas and the WTA world No.

30 player Maria Sakkari will pair up at next year's Hopman Cup, trying to make the Greek tennis popularity increase even more. 'Things are very bright, there is a (good) future for sure and this is just the beginning', the 20-year-old assured.

'We can achieve much more than this and I would be very, very excited to maybe one day have Maria and me at the number one spot in the ATP and WTA rankings.' Tsitsipas is becoming an inspiration more and more in his country: 'One message I received from one woman, she said ‘because of you, 71 per cent of the kids at school choose tennis now.

So I feel pretty proud of myself. I mean, no one played tennis before and now it’s 71, wow, so it must be pretty nuts when I get back there.' ALSO READ: Mats Wilander explains why Rafael Nadal didn't play great vs Khachanov