Andy Roddick is once again beating the drum that Masters 1000 events should not be played over a fortnight after Jannik Sinner\u2019s shock French Open loss.<\/p>\n
The 24-year-old was the overwhelming favourite to win this year\u2019s Roland Garros after sweeping the clay court season at Masters level, following wins in Monte Carlo, Madrid, and Rome.<\/p>\n
The world No 1 seemed to be cruising into round three in Paris when he was 6-3 6-2, and 5-1 up against Juan Manuel Cerundolo on Wednesday afternoon.<\/p>\n
But the Italian then suffered a physical collapse late in the third, with Sinner saying he felt \u201cdizzy\u201d and \u201cwanted to vomit\u201d. He never really recovered, and the Argentine completed a remarkable comeback in a 3-6 2-6 7-5 6-1 6-1 win.<\/span><\/p>\n Sinner later said this defeat was more down to illness than struggling with the hot temperatures. Former British No 1 Tim Henman suggested the four-time major winner should have skipped one of the lead-up events to the French Open<\/a>, and Roddick has since made a similar comment.<\/p>\n Jannik Sinner\u2019s \u2018strange\u2019 French Open collapse leaves tennis legends stunned<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Jannik Sinner gives instant reaction to \u2018hard to accept\u2019 French Open upset<\/a><\/strong><\/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 In recent years, the majority of Masters 1000 events have become longer and longer. While tournament organisers say this gives players more rest and prize money, the athletes themselves feel this is just lengthening an already overextended and physical ATP Tour.<\/p>\n On the latest episode of Served,<\/a> Roddick remarked how Sinner looked physically strong despite playing for more than five hours in his 2025 French Open final defeat to Carlos Alcaraz<\/a>.<\/p>\n Heading into that tournament, Sinner<\/a> had played just once during the clay swing due to his doping suspension. But off the back of his record Masters 1000 winning run this year, the Italian may have run himself into the ground.<\/p>\n Roddick said, \u201cI hate two week tournaments that aren\u2019t Grand Slams. If you play Indian Wells and Miami, that takes a month. If you win them both, like Sinner did, great, you go to Monte Carlo.<\/p>\n \u201cThere\u2019s not enough time between Miami and Monte Carlo to put in a training block physically. I\u2019m talking about like training a block to go five sets, potentially seven times in 14 days.<\/p>\n \u201cWhen you\u2019re doing the three sets at the Masters\u2026 it\u2019s just different. Let\u2019s think about what happened with Sinner today, and obviously it was heat-related.<\/p>\n \u201cAnd the example I\u2019m going to give is not as heat-related, but kind of the best showing physically that I\u2019ve ever seen from him was at last year\u2019s French Open\u00a0 \u2013 when he only had one tournament going in and he was suspended before.\u201d<\/p>\n Roddick<\/a> stressed that Cerundolo deserves a lot of credit for coming back and securing this momentous win in tricky conditions. The American also said he is not worried at all by Sinner\u2019s game, merely the schedule.<\/p>\n He added, \u201cI\u2019m just simply acknowledging the trend and the thing that people kind of know. And that is proven at this point.<\/p>\n \u201cBut that training block, when you\u2019re not playing Indian Wells, Miami, and then you\u2019re playing Rome going in, all of a sudden you\u2019re playing for five hours and 37 minutes versus winning everything, being extremely match tough, and not worried really about your game.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m still not worried about his game at all. But when do you build the foundation to play five hours?\u201d<\/p>\n Incidentally, Sinner has never won a match longer than four hours in seven attempts. While the Cerundolo encounter lasted three hours and 36 minutes, concerns about Sinner\u2019s physical durability won\u2019t go away.<\/p>\n In regards to Masters events being shortened, players may have to take a prize money hit for that to happen, with Monte Carlo the sole 1000 tournament to be played over a week these days.<\/p>\n READ MORE: Roland Garros set for a shock finalists after Jannik Sinner crashes out<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n The post \u2018I hate it\u2019 \u2013 Former world No 1 lifts lid on key factor behind Jannik Sinner\u2019s shock French Open loss<\/a> appeared first on Tennis365<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Andy Roddick is once again beating the drum that Masters 1000 events should not be played over a fortnight after Jannik Sinner\u2019s shock French Open loss. The 24-year-old was the overwhelming favourite to win this year\u2019s Roland Garros after sweeping the clay court season at Masters level, following wins in Monte Carlo, Madrid, and Rome. 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