Jannik Sinner has addressed the challenge he will face to recover for the Italian Open after reaching the final at the 2026 Madrid Open.<\/p>\n
The world No 1 defeated 21-year-old French star Arthur Fils 6-2, 6-4 in the semi-finals at the Masters 1000 event in Madrid on Friday.<\/p>\n
Sinner<\/a> has won 22 consecutive matches after claiming titles in Monte Carlo, Miami and Indian Wells at his previous three events.<\/p>\n The Italian is aiming to become the first player in history to win the first four ATP Masters 1000 tournaments in a season. He will face world No 3 Alexander Zverev in the final in Madrid.<\/p>\n In his press conference after beating Fils, Sinner was asked how he was feeling about the prospect of winning his first title in Madrid.<\/p>\n \u201cI don\u2019t know. First, I\u2019m happy about today, and tomorrow, it\u2019s a relaxed day, and I don\u2019t think too much about the final ahead,\u201d the 24-year-old said.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m, of course, very happy to play my first final here, it means a lot to me.<\/p>\n Madrid Open: Alexander Zverev sends warning to Jannik Sinner before final<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Jannik Sinner reaches a new rankings milestone as he puts a big rival to the sword<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Want more from Tennis365? Add us as\u00a0<\/span>a preferred source on Google to your favourites list<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>for tennis coverage you can trust.<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cIt has been an amazing tournament again. But whatever comes out Sunday, in any case, it has been a great tournament.\u201d<\/p>\n ATP main draw action in Rome will begin on Wednesday May 6 \u2014 just three days after the Madrid Open final.<\/p>\n Sinner was asked how his body was holding up and whether he had any concerns about getting enough rest between Madrid and the start of Rome.<\/p>\n \u201cWell, Rome, it\u2019s then different again\u2026 I\u2019m trying to recover very much in the night\u2019s sleep,\u201d the four-time Grand slam winner replied.<\/p>\n \u201cThis (last) night has been a very good sleep for me, a lot of hours and felt quite fresh this morning.<\/p>\n \u201cBut yeah, look, I\u2019ve played a lot in the last one and a half months. Going very, very deep in tournaments; it\u2019s a good sign.<\/p>\n \u201cOf course, at the same time, you tend to get a little bit more tired, but I think and I believe when you play big matches; semi-finals, quarter-finals, finals \u2014 there is also adrenaline a little bit, that pushes [you].<\/p>\n \u201cAnd then, between here and Rome, I try to recover again as much, and then we\u2019ll see.\u201d<\/p>\n Sinner was a runner-up to Carlos Alcaraz at the 2025 Italian Open, which is the best result he has achieved at the prestigious clay-court tournament.<\/p>\n READ NEXT: Madrid Open ATP Rankings Winners & Losers: Sinner outstrips Alcaraz; Fils up, Blockx +34, Ruud -10, Draper -22<\/a> The post Jannik Sinner gives Italian Open update after \u2018tired\u2019 admission at Madrid Open<\/a> appeared first on Tennis365<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Jannik Sinner has addressed the challenge he will face to recover for the Italian Open after reaching the final at the 2026 Madrid Open. The world No 1 defeated 21-year-old French star Arthur Fils 6-2, 6-4 in the semi-finals at the Masters 1000 event in Madrid on Friday. Sinner has won 22 consecutive matches after […]<\/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-2120","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2120","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=2120"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2120\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2120"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2120"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2120"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}ATP Tour News<\/h2>\n
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