“Gets a little bit worse and worse,” Jannik Sinner admits not being fully fit before his Miami Masters finals against Daniil Medvedev

Jannik Sinner revealed that he was not 100% fit to play against Daniil Medvedev in the final of the Miami Open. He suggested that this could be one of the reasons for his failure to win the tournament.

But the fatigue and tiredness had already set in during his previous match. It was visible during his match against Carlos Alcaraz in the semi-final of this competition. Both players were cramping during the match. But the Italian somehow managed to beat the current World No.2.

In his recent interaction with journalists, Jannik Sinner talked about his physical condition before the match. He also talked about his great form and run in the Sunshine Doubles this year.

“Yeah, for sure. I mean, it has been a very positive month for me. Obviously disappointed about today. I woke up not in the best possible way. I felt a little bit sick, but we tried, you know, to go out of the courts, I mean, to go on the court, trying to give it a shot, give it a try. Unfortunately today was not my day,”

“But still, I don’t want to take nothing away from Daniil. He was serving incredible. He was very brave with the way he played today. Obviously is one of the best players in the world. I tried. Today was not my day. Now it’s clay season,” he continued.

However, when he was asked if it was something serious, he rejected it by suggesting that it was tiredness.

“No, like general, you know, a little bit didn’t felt 100%,” he continued.

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Was Miami’s climate conditions responsible for Jannik Sinner’s loss?

Jannik Sinner had a great run in the Miami Open 2023. This is the second time in his career that he reached the final of this ATP Masters 1000 tournament. This is also the third final in an ATP tournament he played this season.

After he defeated Carlos Alcaraz, it looked like that this time he can lay his claims on the Miami Open men’s singles title. However, it was not to be. The Italian thinks that heat and humid conditions could be responsible for his loss in the final at the hands of Daniil Medvedev.

“No, it was not that bad. But, you know, with the heat, when you run a lot, it gets a little bit worse and worse. Obviously the first half an hour we played in the sun also. I think we both knew it already that the sun is something around till 2:15. When the rallies were long today, I was struggling the point or two points after. That’s a little bit,” he said.

“But as I said, I don’t want to take away anything. I tried. We went out of the court and we believed, because if you step on the court, you have to believe trying to win. As I said, he played well today. He served well. I haven’t had many chances on the returning games. You know, I think also today we learned a lot for the next match. Is for me one of the toughest opponents, for sure. The head-to-head says it. Let’s see in the next match. Yeah, let’s see,”he added further.

Jannik Sinner hopes that he can win his first ATP Masters 1000 title during the upcoming clay swing of the season.

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