Jannik Sinner Admits Mismanagement Could Be Reason for Roland Garros Collapse

Jannik Sinner will enter Wimbledon as the defending champion. It will be his first tournament since the French Open, where he suffered a shock second-round defeat.

Sinner was on the verge of extending his winning streak to 30 matches, but cramps caused him to lose games one after another. Juan Manuel Cerundolo knocked him out in five sets. Before entering Roland Garros, Sinner clinched five back-to-back Masters 1000 titles in Indian Wells, Miami, Monte Carlo, Madrid, and Rome.

The four-time Grand Slam champion would have become the seventh man in the Open Era to complete the Career Grand Slam had he won the clay-court Major. Sinner, during his interview with Stan Sport, said playing those consecutive Masters 1000s could be the reason behind his Roland Garros collapse.

It’s hard to say. After Roland Garros, we had quite deep conversations to try to understand if the same would have happened if I had played fewer tournaments beforehand. We will never know. Every day is different, and if you do a couple of things wrong, you end up paying for it.

To manage his schedule, Sinner chose not to compete in a warm-up tournament before Wimbledon. He instead played an exhibition match against Cameron Norrie.

Sure, we could have managed some situations a bit better, but I also remind myself that I had signed an outstanding season, winning many matches and big tournaments. I have learned from what happened, and I believe it will make me even stronger in the future. I always try to focus on the positive side.

Jannik Sinner added

The main draw of Wimbledon starts on June 29. In last year’s Wimbledon final, the four-time Grand Slam champion defeated arch-rival Carlos Alcaraz.

Jannik Sinner on the state of Italian tennis

Italian tennis, many believe, is experiencing a golden era. Apart from Jannik Sinner, Flavio Cobolli, Lorenzo Musetti, and Luciano Darderi are the top 20 players.

Even though Sinner failed to reach the final, Cobolli was on the verge of becoming the second Italian man in the Open Era, after Adriano Panatta (1976), to win the clay-court Major. But he lost a five-set thriller to World No.3 Alexander Zverev.

I am very happy to see other Italians succeed, like Flavio, reaching a final and coming so close to the title. Also, Arnaldi, who was going through a tough time and deserves all the good things happening to him because he works very hard. Seeing Matteo [Berrettini] competing again is fantastic as well; I hope he can definitely leave his injuries behind. We all miss Lorenzo Musetti, who is currently injured, but we are sure he will return very soon. 

Jannik Sinner told Stan Sport

Musetti hasn’t yet played since his defeat to Casper Ruud in the fourth round of the Italian Open. A thigh injury forced him to withdraw from the French Open, and now he will also skip the grass-court Major.

Also in Paris, Arnaldi reached his career’s first Grand Slam semifinal, but due to illness, he handed the match to Cobolli on a walkover. Berrettini reached his first Grand Slam quarterfinal since the 2022 US Open. At Wimbledon, Berrettini is a former finalist, reaching the final in 2021 and losing the match to Novak Djokovic.

The 30-year-old will face retirement-bound Stan Wawrinka in the first round at Wimbledon. Sinner will clash with Miomir Kecmanovic in his first-round match, while Arnaldi, who recently lost his first-round match at the Eastbourne International to Giles Hussey, will square off against Quentin Halys in the grass-court Major.

Sinner has so far won two titles on grass. Apart from the 2025 Wimbledon, he won the 2024 Halle Open by defeating Hubert Hurkacz.

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