Jannik Sinner Reveals Heartbreaking Memory He Wishes to Forget, and It’s Not Carlos Alcaraz French Open Defeat: “Want to Erase What I Felt That Day”

Jannik Sinner called time on his 2026 season, announcing the same earlier this month. He is nursing a knee injury, due to which he has not competed since defending his Wimbledon title by beating Alexander Zverev.

Sinner, however, will be seen in action before the end of this year. The Italian ace has confirmed that he will compete at the rescheduled Six Kings Slam, which runs from December 27-30.

Before ending his season, the five-time Grand Slam champion won six titles in Indian Wells, Miami, Monte Carlo, Madrid, Rome, and at Wimbledon. There will be a major change in Sinner’s team at the end of his season. The Italian, as per a report published in The Times, will part ways with Darren Cahill and work with Stan Wawrinka’s coach Magnus Norman, who guided the Swiss veteran to his three Grand Slam titles.

Sinner also recently sat for an interview with La Gazzetta dello Sport, during which he was asked about the memory he wishes to forget. He described his heartbreaking defeat to Carlos Alcaraz in the French Open final: despite being on the cusp of victory with three match points, he ended up losing. Sinner instead recalled leaving home at 13 to train with Riccardo Piatti at his academy.

I’d like to erase what I felt the day I left home. The heartbreak of saying goodbye to my father in Milan at 13 and a half because our paths were separating and a thread was snapping. We were parting ways, and I was crying over the break, but so was he. I could do without that day; it was too much of an emotion. Without losing my mind.

Sinner, born to parents Siglinde and Hanspeter Sinner, grew up in South Tyrol. He has an older, adopted brother, Mark Sinner, who was born in Russia.

Even though I suffered, it made me understand that making a choice means gaining new things and losing others. There may be pain, but also the awareness that that costly decision shouldn’t be wasted. You have to do everything you can to best serve it, without regrets. With commitment, perseverance, and hard work.

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Because he has ended his season, Sinner will also lose his No.1 ranking to Alexander Zverev. Sinner reclaimed his No.1 ranking after defeating Alcaraz in the final of the Monte-Carlo Masters.

Tathiana Garbin reacts to Jannik Sinner’s injury

Tathiana Garbin, the former WTA player from Italy, shared her thoughts about Jannik Sinner‘s injury during an interview with Italian newspaper Corriere dello Sport. She is convinced that the long injury hiatus will only motivate him to come back stronger.

The injury is difficult for everyone, it limits you to doing something you like, that you love, your passion. So it’s not easy to live it serenely, but I believe that this guy really has a lot of resources, he manages to love tennis so much that this break could only regenerate him and give him even more motivation to come back stronger.

At present, the Vienna Open and Swiss Indoors, the two ATP 500 events, are underway. Novak Djokovic is competing in Basel, while Carlos Alcaraz and Alexander Zverev are competing in Vienna.

Zverev, Alcaraz, and Ben Shelton have already qualified for the ATP Finals. Sascha, who won this year’s French Open and the US Open and lost to Sinner in the Wimbledon final, will be chasing his third title in the tournament, having won in 2018 and 2021. Alcaraz lost to Sinner last year. The World No. 1 is the two-time champion.

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