Jannik Sinner enjoyed a remarkable Grand Slam season in 2025 as he won two titles and finished runner-up in the other two finals, but he admits his loss in the US Open showpiece match to Carlos Alcaraz will lead to change.<\/p>\n
Sinner<\/a> started the tournament at No 1 in the ATP Rankings, having sat at the top since June 2024, but his run came to an end after Alcaraz produced a clinical display at Flushing Meadows, securing a 6-2, 3-6, 6-1, 6-4 victory<\/a> to win the US Open final and move to six Grand Slams.<\/p>\n With the win, the Spaniard also replaced Sinner at No 1 in the rankings and many feel he could now go on to dominate men\u2019s tennis<\/a>.<\/p>\n But Sinner is ready for the challenge as he revealed in his post-match press conference that he will need to make changes to his game if he is to beat his great rival, even if it means losing some matches along the way.<\/p>\n Q:<\/strong> Hey, Jannik, well done this tournament. How was Carlos different today than the player that you have faced in the past, even as recently as Wimbledon?<\/p>\n Jannik Sinner:<\/strong> \u201cOh, no, he has improved. I felt like was a bit cleaner today, you know, the things that I did well in London, he did better today and you know, that\u2019s the result. So, you know, I felt like he was doing everything slightly better today, especially serving both sides, both swings, very clean and yeah, I think that\u2019s it.<\/p>\n \u201cYou know I\u2019ll give lots of credit to him, because he handled the situation better than I did and he raised his level when he had to. And so, yeah, I mean, I\u2019m still proud of myself about, you know, the season I\u2019m playing and making, but he played better than me today.\u201d<\/p>\n ATP Rankings: Alcaraz topples Sinner at No 1, Djokovic top five, Auger-Aliassime +14, Tiafoe -12<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n How much money and how many ranking points did Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner earn at the US Open?<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Q:<\/strong> Jannik, when you think about that season that you just referenced that you said you\u2019re proud of, what are your thoughts looking ahead to where this rivalry can go?<\/p>\n JS:<\/strong> \u201cWell, you know, I was very predictable today, you know, on court in a way of. He did many things, he changed up the game. That\u2019s also his style of how he plays now it\u2019s gonna be on me if I want to make changes or not, you know, so that\u2019s definitely, we are gonna work on that. Trying to be more prepared for the next match, what I will play against him.<\/p>\n \u201cIt also, I feel like, depends how you arrive to play against Carlos. You know, one thing is when the scoreline matches before it\u2019s comfortable. But you always do the same things, you know, like I did, for example, during this tournament.<\/p>\n \u201cI didn\u2019t make one volley, you know, I didn\u2019t use a lot of drop shots. And then you arrive to a point where you play against Carlos when, where you have to go out of the comfort zone so I\u2019m gonna aim to, you know, maybe even losing some matches from now on, but trying to do some changes, trying to be a bit more unpredictable as a player and because I think that\u2019s what I have to do, trying to become a better tennis player.<\/p>\n \u201cAt the end of the day, that\u2019s my main goal. I think that\u2019s it. But overall, you know, the season result-wise, amazing, four Grand Slam finals in the year, two Grand Slams won, two times lost in the final. It\u2019s incredible results. So I\u2019m very happy and now we try to finish the year as strong as we can.\u201d<\/p>\n Q:<\/strong> Jannik obviously there was a significant delay to the start of the match today. I wonder what your experience of that was in terms of how you dealt with it, how you received the news, kind of what that was like.<\/p>\n JS:<\/strong> \u201cIt was fine. They told us in a huge amount before that it might start at 2:30, so we were not warming up twice, it was all fine.\u201d<\/p>\n Q:<\/strong> How would you describe the biggest difference in facing Carlos versus facing other players?<\/p>\n JS:<\/strong> \u201cWell, we have maybe more history also in back of us so every match is different. He\u2019s just a different player; it\u2019s very simple. He\u2019s, he doesn\u2019t have weaknesses, for example, which maybe some players have weaknesses then you try to play tactically in a way, but I feel like mostly we have some history, some head-to-head, some different surface battles now, and I think that makes it quite, quite interesting.\u201d<\/p>\n Q:<\/strong> Normally for a Grand Slam final, you\u2019d walk out and the stadium would be full, obviously with people queuing outside. That wasn\u2019t the case today. I just wondered how kind of disappointing was that if you looked up and saw empty seats for the first set?<\/p>\n JS:<\/strong> \u201cYou know, I wasn\u2019t actually realizing it that much. I felt like it was still very loud. I saw some empty seats, but I had no doubts that they\u2019re gonna, they are gonna be full and packed. But, you know, it\u2019s not a thing where I was like worried, you know, that no people will come. It was an amazing atmosphere.\u201d<\/p>\n Q:<\/strong> How much do you think that you can change your sort of practice habits and your training habits to do things that are specific to playing Alcaraz in the future? How much can you sort of reprogram a bit of your.<\/p>\n JS:<\/strong> \u201cI don\u2019t think it\u2019s gonna be specific for Carlos. I think it\u2019s specific for me, trying to get better, I think it\u2019s that. As I said, I feel like today he was cleaner than I was, that what I did great in London, he did the same to me here.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s a little bit like that for sure. Serve today was not on point, I felt that was I was struggling a lot today, but it was already struggling during the tournament. But it takes time. You know, one secret is also patience. It\u2019s not like from now and then in Beijing, I\u2019m gonna be a lefty, so let\u2019s see. It\u2019s gonna take time. And then we see. Look, maybe it\u2019s just a small thing. Maybe I can change big. I don\u2019t know. So let\u2019s see.\u201d<\/p>\n Q:<\/strong> You mentioned that playing Carlos is an additional challenge because he\u2019s so different from playing everyone else. Is it also hard because you tend to not have really tough matches? I know that they\u2019re hard to win always, but, you know, you didn\u2019t drop a set reaching the French Open final. Does that make it hard as well, coming into a huge match when you haven\u2019t been properly tested going in?<\/p>\n JS:<\/strong> \u201cI said, you know, the match against Felix was good for me, because you have these moments where you get tested also emotionally a little bit. But I don\u2019t think it\u2019s only if you get tested or not. It\u2019s, as I said before, how much of a game style you put in also to arrive to that point, and I\u2019m a very, very solid, you know, baseliner. I\u2019m a very strong hitter. I\u2019m a good player, but sometimes adding just something.<\/p>\n \u201cI think that\u2019s gonna make a difference from my personal point of view, that I can say that I\u2019m gonna become a better tennis player and I\u2019m gonna change a couple of things on the serve, just small things, but, they can make big differences and then we see how it goes.<\/p>\n \u201cYou know, I\u2019m looking forward to play these matches again, something new is now that I\u2019m not number one anymore so you know, this also changes a little bit that you. You chase, it\u2019s different.\u201d<\/p>\n The post Jannik Sinner\u2019s full press conference as he makes confession about being \u2018ready to lose matches\u2019<\/a> appeared first on Tennis365<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Jannik Sinner enjoyed a remarkable Grand Slam season in 2025 as he won two titles and finished runner-up in the other two finals, but he admits his loss in the US Open showpiece match to Carlos Alcaraz will lead to change. 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