Jannik Sinner Gives Insights into Dealing With Tough Loss at the Roland Garros Final and Rebounding With Wimbledon Title Win

Jannik Sinner rebounded by winning Wimbledon just a month after losing in the French Open final.

Jannik Sinner Gives Insights into Dealing With Tough Loss at the Roland Garros Final and Rebounding With Wimbledon Title Win

Jannik Sinner (Image via X/Jannik Sinner HQ)

In Short
  • Jannik Sinner reflects on his quick recovery from a tough loss in the French Open final to winning Wimbledon.
  • He is currently competing at the Qatar Open, aiming for his first title at the event.
  • Sinner emphasizes the importance of perspective in tennis and his desire to avoid regrets after retirement.

Jannik Sinner has shed light on how he approached last year’s Wimbledon Championships after a disappointing loss at the French Open final. The 24-year-old is competing at the ongoing Qatar Open, where he’s seeking to win the title for the first time in his career, and it is his first event since the Australian Open.

Sinner failed to reach the final of the Australian Open for the third consecutive season after losing to Novak Djokovic in the semi-finals. The Italian star is back to winning ways in Doha and will face Czech Republic star Jakub Mensik in the quarter-finals of the ATP 500 tournament in Doha.

Whilst Sinner has enjoyed various successes on the court, he has also dealt with disappointment. The World No.2 came close to winning his first French Open last year after reaching the final. He faced his arch-rival, Carlos Alcaraz, in the match and was up two sets before the Spaniard began a comeback.

In a match that lasted 5 hours and 29 minutes on the red dirt, Sinner was hoping to earn the title but he lost in five sets. However, he earned his revenge at the Wimbledon Championships, beating Alcaraz in four sets at the All England Club. The title was Sinner’s fourth Grand Slam on tour in two seasons.

The former Australian Open champion’s unusual rebound in tournaments has become a case study in the men’s circuit. Several players often take a longer time to recover from a five-set loss in a Grand Slam final, but he needed just a month to do so. Reflecting on it during an interview with Ubitennis, Sinner attributed his perspective on the sport to the main reason he won Wimbledon:

My approach to tennis is that we also live normal lives. I believe we experience situations, moments, and emotions. The same goes for tennis. We have great moments and difficult moments. We have sad moments and happy moments. It’s just a moment, right? When I suffer difficult losses, for me it’s just a moment. The best thing is always to win, but you can’t always win. think I have a fantastic team behind me. I have a family, which is much more important than anything else.

Sinner has won 33 tour-level titles in his career so far, including four Grand Slams and five ATP Masters 1000 crowns. Last year, he was suspended for three months, yet he won six titles on tour, more than any player on the men’s circuit apart from Alcaraz. In fact, in his first tournament after his comeback, he reached the final, which is pretty unusual.

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Jannik Sinner says he doesn’t want to have any regrets after retirement

Jannik Sinner’s best run on tour last season came after the US Open in September. The 24-year-old won the China Open, then went on to claim the Vienna Open after beating Alexander Zverev in three sets in the final. He won the Paris Masters after beating Felix Auger-Aliassime in straight sets and then claimed the ATP Finals in Turin.

Jannik Sinner
Jannik Sinner (via X/The Tennis Letter)

During the run of victories, he lost only one match, and that came at the Rolex Shanghai Masters, where he was forced to withdraw from his match against Tallon Griekspoor due to the intense heat conditions. During the aforementioned interview, Sinner admitted that he hopes to play many more years in the sport, as he doesn’t want to have any regrets after retirement:

It’s my choice, and it’s the one I’ll always make, until I stop playing. I hope to be able to play for many more years. But that doesn’t mean we don’t experience emotions. After difficult losses, I try to reflect and understand what I can improve. Ultimately, when I finish my career, I don’t want to have regrets for not having done something more. If my potential is to win this, that’s fine. If I win more, that’s fine.

Sinner is bidding to become the first Italian man to win the Qatar Open since 1993. Should he reach the final of the tournament, a potential clash against Carlos Alcaraz awaits him. He holds a 6-10 head-to-head record against the Spaniard on tour and won just two of their last seven meetings.

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