Jannik Sinner Shares How He Manages Tiredness While Pushing Himself to Limit

Jannik Sinner has been playing non-stop tennis since the Indian Wells Masters. He not only made deep runs in the tournaments, but he also reached the final and won the titles. After beating Daniil Medvedev in the Indian Wells final, Sinner went past Jiri Lehecka in the Miami Open final to become the eighth man to complete the Sunshine Double.

He then clinched the Monte-Carlo Masters by defeating arch-rival Carlos Alcaraz to become the second man, after Novak Djokovic, to win the first three Masters 1000 of the season. Sinner wanted to skip the Madrid Open, but in the end, he chose to compete.

Before this year, he had made just one quarterfinal in the Spanish capital, but now, he will be playing in the semifinals. In the quarterfinal, Sinner eliminated Spanish sensation Rafael Jodar in straight sets to schedule his next match against Arthur Fils, against whom he holds a 1-0 head-to-head record.

At the press conference after his win over the 19-year-old, Sinner was asked how he has been managing tiredness amidst continuous tennis.

I played a lot in the last two months, one and a half months. There weren’t a lot of days off that I had. But in the same time I tried to push myself to the limit to see what I can reach. It’s never going to be easy in any case. I do believe that I’m in a good position. But in the same time you always need to push yourself.

Sinner is on a 21-match winning streak this year. If he wins the Madrid title, he will become the first man to clinch the first four Masters 1000s of the season.

When I get a bit tired, sometimes the attitude is not the right attitude. But l’m trying to be as good as I can. I think I have still margin to improve, also from that point of view. But look, every day is different. Every day you feel in a different way. Sometimes you have pain somewhere. Sometimes you are a bit tired and nervous and feeling pressure a bit more, which is all normal.

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Sinner is also chasing his fifth consecutive Masters 1000 title. Last year, he lifted the Paris Masters against Felix Auger-Aliassime.

Danny Sapsford won’t compare Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz with that of the Big 3

Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, and Novak Djokovic have set high benchmarks for the next generation of tennis players. They maintained a high level of tennis for nearly two decades, with Djokovic being the only member of the Big 3 still competing for Majors.

Danny Sapsford, during his interview with Tennis365, explained why he cannot put Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz in the same bracket as Nadal, Djokovic, and Federer at the moment.

But just being top of the game for three or four years, as Sinner and Alcaraz have done, I don’t think that puts them in the same bracket just yet. The game always moves on, so they’ve certainly taken the game to a new level. But like I say, it’s whether they can sustain, sustain that dominance over 15 years or something, that will really prove their mettle.

Djokovic was last seen in action in the fourth round of the Indian Wells Masters. Alcaraz is also not competing in Madrid due to a wrist injury he suffered during the Barcelona Open.

Because of his injury, the seven-time Major champion will also not be playing the Roland Garros, where he won in the previous two seasons by defeating Alexander Zverev and Sinner. Sinner will be bidding to complete the Career Grand Slam in the clay-court Major.

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