Tennis icon John McEnroe has spoken to Tennis365 about Jannik Sinner\u2019s incredible winning streak and bid to win a maiden French Open title.<\/p>\n
World No 1 Sinner has won 29 consecutive matches, and he is the overwhelming favourite to win the 2026 French Open in the absence of his biggest rival, Carlos Alcaraz.<\/p>\n
Since losing to Jakub Mensik at the Qatar Open in February, Sinner<\/a> has collected titles in Indian Wells, Miami, Monte Carlo, Madrid and Rome \u2014 dropping just three sets in the process.<\/p>\n The 24-year-old Italian is chasing his fifth Grand Slam crown, and victory at Roland Garros would see him complete the career Grand Slam (winning each of the four majors).<\/p>\n During a TNT Sports media event ahead of the French Open, Tennis365 asked McEnroe about the level Sinner has performed at during his outstanding run.<\/p>\n \u201cWell, I don\u2019t think that anyone is particularly shocked,\u201d said the seven-time Grand Slam singles champion.<\/p>\n \u201cHe\u2019s been playing at this level for a couple of years. Him and Carlos have won every major [between them]; nine in a row. So, this is not surprising.<\/p>\n French Open: Novak Djokovic sends 13-word message to injured Carlos Alcaraz<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Jannik Sinner handed lucky break ahead of first match at Roland Garros<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Want more from Tennis365? Add us as a preferred source on Google to your favourites list<\/a> for tennis coverage you can trust.<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cThen you throw in the fact that Carlos hasn\u2019t played in Madrid, and didn\u2019t play in Rome; you get a better idea of, okay\u2026 yeah, he (Sinner) beat Alcaraz in Monte Carlo, but Carlos still has a winning record against him, and won the French Open [last year].<\/p>\n \u201cSo, it was just getting more exciting and not quite sure what to expect when the two of them played. It was something we, as tennis fans, all looked forward to. So, it\u2019s definitely a bummer [that Alcaraz is injured], there\u2019s no question about that.<\/p>\n \u201cBut at the same time, when you lose Carlos, then there\u2019s more pressure on Jannik. Me, I\u2019m picking him against the entire field, and probably so are a lot of other people.<\/p>\n \u201cSo, it\u2019s gonna be more pressure. It seems like he\u2019s handling it extremely well, you\u2019ve gotta say. There\u2019s been a couple of bumps, where physically he looked like he was toast; against [Eliot] Spizzirri in Australia and [Daniil] Medvedev recently.<\/p>\n \u201cSo, there\u2019s been two or three times that it\u2019s looked like it\u2019s dicey, but he\u2019s been able to get through it.<\/p>\n \u201cThat, for me, is the best chance of him losing.\u201d<\/p>\n Sinner will face world No 171 Clement Tabur in his opening match at Roland Garros on Thursday.<\/p>\n READ NEXT: Jannik Sinner forehand could be an injury threat as respected coach says: \u2018I wouldn\u2019t teach it\u2019<\/a> The post John McEnroe reveals \u2018the best chance\u2019 of Jannik Sinner losing at the French Open<\/a> appeared first on Tennis365<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Tennis icon John McEnroe has spoken to Tennis365 about Jannik Sinner\u2019s incredible winning streak and bid to win a maiden French Open title. World No 1 Sinner has won 29 consecutive matches, and he is the overwhelming favourite to win the 2026 French Open in the absence of his biggest rival, Carlos Alcaraz. Since losing […]<\/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-2232","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2232","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=2232"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2232\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2232"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2232"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2232"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}French Open News<\/h2>\n
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