How is Jannik Sinner?

“At the start of the game everything was good. During my serve game when the score was 2:1, I felt a strong pain in my knee. I was hoping that the pain would subside and I could continue playing, which didn't happen. Unfortunately, that's why I had to give up," said a visibly injured Sinner after the game against Rublev, that he had to give up when the score was 6:1, 4:6, 0:2.

Sinner had already felt a pain in his knee two days earlier, but in a different place: “The doctors and physiotherapists gave me the green light after the match against McDonald, I tried to ignore the pulling sensation in my knee. I wasn't 100 percent, competing with knee pain might not have been the best decision, but it was okay. When I jumped off for service, I felt the sharp pain and it was too much.”

At the press conference after the game, the young Sesto native was disappointed about his ongoing physical problems: “I don’t know what’s going on! The season isn't going quite as planned. Even though I have improved my game again this year, my body is slowing me down. I’m sorry because I played really well in the first set against Rublev.” “Every player has his weak point, mine is health.” Jannik Sinner It annoys him because - like in Miami - he could have made it far in the tournament, said Sinner, but once again he was slowed down by his own body. “Every player on the tour has their weak point, mine is health. “I don’t think it’s an injury that will slow me down in the long term,” said the Sesto native combatively.

In 2022, Italy's best tennis player in the ATP world rankings is playing well, hardly losing any games, but is still without a title or a place in the semi-finals. The level of play is there, says Sinner, he always lost against the best players in the world. Until the end of last year he was still growing tall, he didn't know what effect the growth spurt would have on his body and whether he would continue to grow. Sinner explains: “I first have to find out which direction is best for my physical development, whether I should gain weight and muscle mass or not. Of course I want to develop further, if that means missing two or three tournaments and fixing the physical problems, I'll do that!”

Sinner was unable to assess how serious the knee injury really was; tests will determine this in the coming days. When asked whether it would be better to take a break and what should happen next for him, Sinner didn't have a clear answer: "We'll see," he said.

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How is Jannik Sinner?

After the injury-related loss in the round of 16 of the French Open against Andrey Rublev, everything revolves around the Sesto native's health. He now asks himself what is best for him: more weight, more muscles or not?

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