Jannik Sinner has said he \u2018needs time\u2019 to reflect on what went wrong during his shock French Open defeat, after admitting the result was \u2018hard to accept.\u2019<\/p>\n
The Italian looked in total control while leading 6-3, 6-2, 5-2 during his second-round match against Juan Manuel Cerundolo before the hot conditions began to take their toll.<\/p>\n
After failing to serve out the match at the first attempt, Sinner<\/a> then opted to take a medical timeout at 5-4 in the third set.<\/p>\n Unfortunately for the world No 1, the timeout did little to improve his physical condition, as he was unable to recapture the explosiveness he had shown during the opening stages of the match.<\/p>\n The Argentine then stormed through 15 of the next 17 games to secure a stunning 3-6, 2-6, 7-5, 6-1, 6-1 victory.<\/p>\n Cerundolo, ranked world No 54, will now face the winner of the match between Martin Landaluce and Vit Kopriva.<\/p>\n \u201cI didn\u2019t feel very good on the court \u2013 these things happen,\u201d began Sinner during his post-match press conference.<\/p>\n \u201cDuring the third set, I started well, but then I began to struggle. Congratulations to him because he deserved it. His game was solid, and that\u2019s sport.<\/p>\n \u201cI felt unwell, my head was spinning, and I had no more energy. Nothing was coming out. I tried to serve for the match, but I didn\u2019t have much left. I let the fourth set go, then the first game of the fifth was tough, I couldn\u2019t hold on anymore, and everything started going downhill.<\/p>\n \u201cI felt it this morning. I didn\u2019t sleep very well and was already struggling a bit when I woke up.<\/p>\n \u201cIn Grand Slams, there are always days when you don\u2019t feel good, and that\u2019s what happened to me. I hit the wall, and that\u2019s it. It was hot, but not excessively hot \u2013 the conditions were fine to play in. It was just me today, that\u2019s how it happened.\u201d<\/p>\n Jannik Sinner suffers shock French Open upset after succumbing to cramps<\/a><\/p>\n Novak Djokovic and Joao Fonseca preview their \u2018dream\u2019 blockbuster French Open clash<\/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 Cramping and dehydration have been recurring issues for Sinner throughout his career, despite his on-court success.<\/p>\n At the latest edition of the Shanghai Masters, the Italian was forced to retire in the third set after cramping against Tallon Griekspoor.<\/p>\n In January, Sinner looked close to retirement against Eliot Spizzirri in the third round of the Australian Open. However, on that occasion, he managed to prevail in a tight four-set battle.<\/p>\n Across all 18 of his five-set matches, the world No 1 has won just six and is yet to win any match lasting longer than four hours.<\/p>\n \u201cIn Shanghai, there was a lot of humidity, and in Australia it was extremely hot, I remember,\u201d analysed Sinner.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s different on hard courts, where the heat comes from below. Here it was hot, but it was manageable \u2013 \u00a0I wasn\u2019t struggling because of the heat alone.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s hard to accept, given my position, but that\u2019s the way it is. I\u2019m not going to play many tournaments before Wimbledon because I\u2019ll need time to recover fully.<\/p>\n \u201cI always try to look at the positives. I played well by winning three tournaments on clay. At the start of this tournament, I was playing well and moving well. Today was a very different day, one that shouldn\u2019t have happened.<\/p>\n \u201cI need time to understand what went wrong, but also to focus on the positives. One positive is that I\u2019ll now have several weeks to train before Wimbledon.\u201d<\/p>\n Heading into the match, Sinner had won the season\u2019s first five Masters 1000 titles \u2013 becoming the only player to achieve the feat \u2013 including all three clay-court events in Monte Carlo, Madrid, and Rome.<\/p>\n As a result, combined with the absence of two-time defending champion Carlos Alcaraz, the Italian was the overwhelming favourite to lift his maiden French Open title.<\/p>\n Sinner will also drop 1,250 ranking points after reaching the final 12 months ago, where he lost to Alcaraz in the longest final in the tournament\u2019s history.<\/p>\n \u201cYou never know,\u201d the world No 1 responded when asked whether he wished he had played fewer warm-up events.<\/p>\n \u201cIf I hadn\u2019t played Madrid or Rome, maybe I still would have come here and had a day like this where I felt sick. I won three tournaments on clay \u2013 incredible results and an amazing streak.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s not what I was looking for here in Paris, but sometimes you just don\u2019t know.\u201d<\/p>\n READ NEXT:\u00a0<\/span>Novak Djokovic candidly reveals the \u2018biggest misunderstanding\u2019 about him: \u2018That hurt me\u2019<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n The post Jannik Sinner reacts earliest Grand Slam loss in 3 years after \u2018hard to accept\u2019 French Open exit<\/a> appeared first on Tennis365<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Jannik Sinner has said he \u2018needs time\u2019 to reflect on what went wrong during his shock French Open defeat, after admitting the result was \u2018hard to accept.\u2019 The Italian looked in total control while leading 6-3, 6-2, 5-2 during his second-round match against Juan Manuel Cerundolo before the hot conditions began to take their toll. 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