Former ATP player Nicolas Escude has admitted he has struggled to make sense of Jannik Sinner\u2019s physical struggles at the 2025 Paris Masters.<\/p>\n
Sinner<\/a> has overcome Zizou Bergs, Francisco Cerdundolo and Ben Shelton without dropping a set to reach his maiden semi-final at the prestigious indoor event.<\/p>\n The world No 2 is vying to win his fifth career ATP Masters 1000 title and his first of the 2025 campaign, having claimed his most recent title at this level at the 2024 Shanghai Masters.<\/p>\n Sinner looked to be in discomfort for spells during his 7-5, 6-1 third round win against Cerundolo in Paris, raising concerns over his fitness.<\/p>\n The 24-year-old stretched out his right leg, and his movement between points looked laboured at times \u2014 particularly in the first set.<\/p>\n Jannik Sinner reveals what Carlos Alcaraz\u2019s shock Paris Masters exit proves<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n ATP Rankings Race To Turin: Lorenzo Musetti v Felix Auger-Aliassime v Alexander Bublik<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n The four-time Grand Slam champion was then troubled in the early stages of his quarter-final victory over Shelton as he grimaced and appeared to limp between points.<\/p>\n This did not last long, though, and Sinner delivered a high-quality performance to prevail 6-3, 6-3 against the world No 7.<\/p>\n Speaking in his role as an analyst for Eurosport France, Escude weighed in on Sinner\u2019s physical state.<\/p>\n \u201cWe don\u2019t really know what to make of it. He seems a bit unsteady,\u201d said Escude (translated from French).<\/p>\n \u201cWithout going so far as to say he\u2019s limping, but we see him stretching and grimacing after some rallies.<\/p>\n \u201cBut the result is there. He still hasn\u2019t lost a set, but it\u2019s difficult to draw any conclusions about Sinner\u2019s true level of play. What impact does his physical condition have on his game? It\u2019s hard to tell.<\/p>\n \u201cHis stable (team) is pushing him a lot, especially Daren Cahill, more than usual.\u201d<\/p>\n Sinner will face world No 3 Alexander Zverev in the semi-finals of the Paris Masters in a rematch of last week\u2019s Vienna Open final, which he won 3-6, 6-3, 7-5.<\/p>\n READ NEXT: Hellenic Championship draw: Djokovic the favourite as Musetti makes late-gasp ATP Finals bid<\/a> The post Why it is \u2018difficult to draw any conclusions\u2019 about Jannik Sinner\u2019s Paris Masters level: Ex-ATP star<\/a> appeared first on Tennis365<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Former ATP player Nicolas Escude has admitted he has struggled to make sense of Jannik Sinner\u2019s physical struggles at the 2025 Paris Masters. Sinner has overcome Zizou Bergs, Francisco Cerdundolo and Ben Shelton without dropping a set to reach his maiden semi-final at the prestigious indoor event. The world No 2 is vying to win […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1258","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1258","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1258"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1258\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1258"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1258"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1258"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Jannik Sinner\u2019s Paris Masters fitness assessed<\/h2>\n
\n
Tennis News<\/h2>\n
Escude\u2019s verdict on Sinner\u2019s fitness<\/h2>\n
What next for Sinner?<\/h2>\n
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n