Jannik Sinner’s Opponent Makes Honest Confession About Not Knowing ‘What to Do’ While Facing Him: “He Has No Weakness”

Jannik Sinner clinched six titles from 10 finals, reaching the title clashes of all four Majors, winning the Australian Open and Wimbledon.

Jannik Sinner’s Opponent Makes Honest Confession About Not Knowing ‘What to Do’ While Facing Him: “He Has No Weakness”

Jannik Sinner (Image via X/The Tennis Podcast)

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Jannik Sinner has become nearly invincible, as for the second consecutive time, he finished the season with just six defeats. This year, apart from Carlos Alcaraz, the players who defeated him were Alexander Bublik and Tallon Griekspoor.

The Dutchman was given the walkover by the Italian ace because he suffered from cramps due to the extreme heat and humidity in the third round of the Shanghai Masters. Bublik, also the eventual winner, knocked him out in the second round of the Halle Open. The four defeats that he suffered were at the hands of Alcaraz- in the finals of the Italian Open, French Open, Cincinnati Masters, and the US Open.

Twice this season, the four-time Grand Slam champion met Francisco Cerundolo– in the fourth rounds of the Italian Open and the Paris Masters, with the results ending in Sinner’s favor. Cerundolo, during the UTS Tour, sat for an interview with Tennis365 during which he compared the Sinner he faced in 2022 and 2023 to the formidable one that he has become now.

In 2023, he was like No. 5 or No. 6 in the world, and now, obviously, he is No. 1 or No. 2, so it is very different. He had no weaknesses, no holes. I played him in Rome this year, and it was close. This was his first tournament when he came back after his suspension, and I had a little more time to think on the court and try to create something.

Francisco Cerundolo said

The Argentine trails 2-4 in the head-to-head matchups with Sinner. The two wins that the 27-year-old registered were in the 2022 Miami Open quarterfinals and in the fourth round of the 2023 Italian Open.

He is always there. His serve is amazing, his return is incredible, and then with the points at the baseline, he hits the ball really hard, and you have no time. I didn’t know what to do in Paris. He has improved a lot. Two years ago, maybe physically, he was not so good, and if you played long matches and long points, he was missing some balls. Now he is not missing anything.

Francisco Cerundolo added

The World No.21 thinks he can only beat Sinner as well as Alcaraz by playing perfect tennis, plus they also have to play a bit badly. Cerundolo reached just one final this year. He reached the title clash of the Argentina Open but failed to go past Joao Fonseca.

Casper Ruud Shares the areas Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz are better compared to the Big 3

Casper Ruud weighed in on the aspect of Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz‘s games that he thinks is better than Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, and Novak Djokovic. Ruud met all the members of the Big 3.

Carlos Alcaraz, Jannik Sinner
Carlos Alcaraz, Jannik Sinner (Image via X/Carlos Alcaraz 4K, Jannik Sinner HQ)

Against Federer, he lost the only match they played against each other. Nadal had a 2-0 lead in the head-to-head matchups against the Norwegian ace. Ruud has met Djokovic six times, winning one match. You can discuss back and forth as much as you want about different eras, but the fact for me is that Sinner and Alcaraz hit the ball with more speed than the Big 3 did.

Casper Ruud told Tennis 365

Sinner, on the other hand, holds a 4-0 head-to-head lead over the three-time Grand Slam finalist. But against Alcaraz, Ruud has won a match out of the six they have played against each other.

Ruud ended the 2025 season with two titles he lifted at the Madrid Open and Stockholm Open by defeating Jack Draper and Ugo Humbert, respectively. He also reached the Dallas Open final but failed to go past Denis Shapovalov.

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