Jannik Sinner Not Focusing Much on Roland Garros After Indian Wells Triumph

World No.2 Jannik Sinner lifted his second Sunshine Doubles title by defeating Daniil Medvedev.

Jannik Sinner Not Focusing Much on Roland Garros After Indian Wells Triumph

Jannik Sinner (Image via X/Jannik Sinner HQ)

In Short
  • Jannik Sinner won the Indian Wells final, becoming the third man in the Open Era to win every Big Title on hardcourt.
  • He is now focused on the upcoming Miami Open rather than Roland Garros, emphasizing the importance of maintaining his rhythm.
  • Sinner's victory at Indian Wells marks his first title of the season, following earlier losses at the Australian Open and Qatar Open.

Jannik Sinner scripted history on Sunday (March 15). The Italian ace, with his 7-6(6), 7-6(4) win over Daniil Medvedev in the Indian Wells final, has now added every Big Title on hardcourt to his trophy cabinet.

This made him just the third man in the Open Era to do so after Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic. He has now won six Masters 1000s, the ATP Finals, the Australian Open, and the US Open.

Sinner will also be making history if he wins this year’s Roland Garros. He will complete the Surface Slam as well as become the seventh man in the Open Era to complete the Career Grand Slam and the first since Carlos Alcaraz, who achieved the feat at this year’s Australian Open.

But at the moment, Sinner is not focusing on the clay-court Major where he couldn’t win the title last year after a five-hour, 29-minute battle against the seven-time Grand Slam champion.

No, I mean, first of all, Roland Garros is very long way. There are big, big tournaments. I know what’s also on the line, you know, before that. I’m very focused already on Miami, as I said. Now, a couple of days, it’s good also to not think about tennis so much, but, you know, when you have this rhythm, I also don’t want to lose it, you know. It’s very important now.

Jannik Sinner said at the press conference

The Indian Wells is Sinner’s first title of the season. Before the event, he lost to eventual runner-up Djokovic in the Australian Open semifinal and to Jakub Mensik in the Qatar Open quarterfinals. Sinner’s next task is to win the Miami Open for the second time in his career.

Miami, it’s going to be very important. That’s the last hard court event before the clay starts. And after, we are back in Europe, completely different conditions, clay, and you never know what’s happening there. I’m looking forward to it. We will try to perform in the best possible way, and then we see how it goes.

Jannik Sinner added

Sinner was forced to skip both the Sunshine Doubles events last year due to his three-month doping ban. He has one Miami Open title to his name. After losing the final in 2021 to Hubert Hurkacz and to Medvedev in 2023, the World No.2 defeated Grigor Dimitrov in 2024.

Daniil Medvedev on his matches against Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner

En route to losing to Sinner for the ninth time in their 16th meeting, Medvedev upset Alcaraz in the semifinals, stopping his bid for his third Indian Wells title. The Russian ace also ended Alcaraz’s 16-match winning streak.

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

He has now become a three-time Indian Wells finalist, as before his defeat to Sinner, he lost to the Spaniard in 2023 and 2024. Medvedev played his third final of the season after victories at the Brisbane International and the Dubai Tennis Championships.

So I am glad that in this tournament, I played well enough to first beat everyone else, and then even well enough to defeat Carlos and face Jannik. So that will be my goal, not to focus too much on them specifically, but to focus on improving myself, improving my game, trying to beat everyone else.

The 30-year-old has one Sunshine Doubles title to his name, the 2023 Miami Open, which he won by beating the 24-year-old. Sinner has also become the first man in the Open Era to win back-to-back Masters 1000s without dropping a set. Before his win in the California desert, the four-time Grand Slam champion clinched last year’s Paris Masters by defeating Felix Auger-Aliassime.

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