Jannik Sinner managed to defeat Daniil Medvedev in three sets in a match that went over two days due to a rain delay.<\/p>\n
The Italian was yet to be truly tested at the Italian Open, but health issues allowed Medvedev to come back into the match after a stunning first set from the World No. 1.<\/p>\n
Sinner appeared shaky, and looked on a the brink of a withdrawal in Rome, but he managed to pull through to win the match 6-2, 5-7, 6-4 against Medvedev.<\/p>\n
Flavia Pennetta suggested Sinner had a panic attack on court<\/a> as he looked short of breath between games while sat down at the changeover.<\/p>\n Sky Sports\u2019 Laura Robson<\/a> has provided an update on Sinner\u2019s panic attack and suggested that it could be down to the pressure he has been put under at his home tournament.<\/p>\n \u201cI think no matter what it is, whether it was cramp, you can see him digging into the ribs as if it was a bit of a stitch maybe. The fact it has happened before at this rate, means he doesn\u2019t have to panic. He can play through it, take his time between points.<\/p>\n Jannik Sinner speaks after surviving a scare against Daniil Medvedev at the Italian Open<\/a><\/p>\n Jannik Sinner praised for finally solving a major issue he\u2019s suffered with now for over a year<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cYou don\u2019t really want to speculate. Is it a panic attack? Is it not? Obviously, there\u2019s a lot of anxiety in these big matches, especially when it\u2019s your home crowd, especially when you\u2019ve got all this pressure.\u201d<\/p>\n Sinner<\/a> has been swarmed by fans at the Italian Open<\/a> and he has also been tasked with an intense publicity schedule at his home tournament.<\/p>\n \u201cJust watching him move across the grounds this week has been so intense,\u201d said Robson. \u201cHe\u2019s got the two security guards, there\u2019s so much attention on him in a week like this.<\/p>\n \u201cMaybe it was that. The most important thing is he didn\u2019t stress out in that moment and if it was a stitch it seemed to clear up.\u201d<\/p>\n Sinner\u2019s intense schedule at the Italian Open is nearly at its end, however, as he has just one match at the tournament left: the grand final.<\/p>\n The Italian will play Casper Ruud<\/a> in the final, which is set to take place on Sunday, 17th May. This will be Sinner\u2019s second consecutive final in Rome.<\/p>\n He reached the final of the 2025 tournament, but he was beaten in straight sets by an inspired Carlos Alcaraz<\/a>.<\/p>\n As good as Ruud has been in Rome, he is not likely to provide as tough a challenge as Alcaraz did last season. Sinner, despite his physical issues, will undoubtedly start the match as the overwhelming favourite.<\/p>\n If Sinner wins the Italian Open, he will earn the Career Golden Masters, which is awarded to players who win all nine of the Masters events on the ATP Tour<\/a> calendar.<\/p>\n Only Novak Djokovic<\/a> has managed the feat previously, and the Serbian managed to win all nine titles at least two times over.<\/p>\n The post Laura Robson suggests the reason for Jannik Sinner\u2019s reported panic attack against Daniil Medvedev<\/a> appeared first on Tennis365<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Jannik Sinner managed to defeat Daniil Medvedev in three sets in a match that went over two days due to a rain delay. The Italian was yet to be truly tested at the Italian Open, but health issues allowed Medvedev to come back into the match after a stunning first set from the World No. […]<\/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-2186","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2186","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=2186"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2186\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2186"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2186"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2186"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}More Jannik Sinner news<\/h2>\n