The Italian Jannik Sinner He suffered a concussion in the Wimbledon quarterfinal match which resulted in a loss to the Russian Daniel Medvedev. In the week leading up to the tennis tournament at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, he announced that he was missing due to tonsillitis. Before he admitted that he cried, a lot, after losing the Roland Garros semifinal match Carlos Alcaraz, in five sets.
From success in the Davis Cup and Australian Open, the rise to world number one, to a crisis that Sinner himself recognizes. Wishing it was temporary, to give itself a few days to fly, although aware it would need to rearm. It is more visible how Carlos Alcaraz scored a double Roland Garros-Wimbledon and Novak Djokovic The gold was hung in Paris.
Sinner reappeared at the ATP Masters 1000 in Canada, where he was defending his title, and it didn’t go well. He did not survive the double day of matches, the program being delayed by rain.
He first defeated the Chilean Alejandro Tabilo6-4 and 6-3 in the round of 16, eventually falling to the Russian Andrey Rublev6-3, 1-6 and 6-2 in the quarterfinals. “I know my body is not as strong as I want because of what happened last week (tonsillitis), but it’s also mental, for sure,” Sinner confessed.
It was difficult for him to regain his balance at the beginning of the campaign, when everything was going well for him. “I think these kinds of things are more mental than physical, without a doubt,” he said, referring to never having overcome the double hurdle.
It doesn’t feel good. “I hope to get back in shape, but working miracles in the next five days is not possible,” he warned. He has a Masters 1000 ATP appointment in Cincinnati, with the first eliminator against the Dutchman Tallon Griekspoor or a tennis player from the previous episode. “Being ready for Cincinnati I don’t think is possible, I want to come back for the US Open, which is the main goal of the tour,” he said.
“I look forward to that,” which arrived in time for the US Open, in New York from August 26 to September 8. The last Grand Slam of the season, an important point in their struggle Carlos Alcaraz for being the last number 1 of 2024, without forgetting the German Alexander Zverevthat never ceases to be a real threat.
Source: La Verdad
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