Chris Oddo| @thefanchild | Sunday, May 17, 2025
This is not a road Jannik Sinner Want to end his two weeks in Rome. The Italian has become the Italian men’s singles finalist for Italy since 1978, but he is unable to join his fellow countrymen Jasmine Paolini In the winner’s circle.
Instead, he was defeated by his main competitors Carlos Alcaraz7-6 (5), 6-1, and then back to Earth as he was stolen from his 26-game winning streak, he played against the top ten players in 24 sets in a row.
Sina said the opening scene made him waste two fixed points in the 15-40, 5-6 game and was defying. Of course, this does look like that, as he can’t find a way to end the second set, as Alcaraz beat the Sinner for the fourth time in a row.
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“The first set of sure is a bit of a game-changer,” Sina told reporters, who believes he has made positive progress in his first event in more than three months.
“Talking about the general, [I am] This game is very happy. It hopes I have confidence in playing some good tennis in Paris too. Let’s see what’s going on there.
“After three months here, this result means a lot to me and a lot to my team. We work a lot here.”
Although it was a loss, Sina said he would look back at the tape and try to figure out how he could have a bigger dent in his competition with Alkaraz.
“What we’re seeing today is that if we want to do good things in Paris, we have to improve,” said the world’s number one. “I’m closer than expected [in every way]. But on the other hand, this is good. It was a wonderful week for me. Some competitions [I played] Incredibly, some games may be better. But it’s tennis. This is a lot of ups and downs.
“Everything is together, it’s a good game.”
