By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Sunday Might 17, 2025
It was not the way in which Jannik Sinner needed to complete his two weeks in Rome. The Italian turned the primary Italian males’s singles finalist on the Foro Italico since 1978, however he couldn’t be a part of his compatriot Jasmine Paolini within the winner’s circle.
As an alternative he was defeated by his major rival Carlos Alcaraz, 7-6(5), 6-1, and got here again to earth a bit, as his 26-match successful streak was snapped, alongside along with his run of 24 consecutive units received towards Prime-10 gamers.
Sinner mentioned the opening set, which noticed him squander two set factors with Alcaraz serving at 15-40, 5-6, was deflating. It definitely appeared that means, as he couldn’t discover a strategy to make the second set shut as Alcaraz pulled away for his fourth consecutive win over Sinner.
“First set for certain was somewhat little bit of a game-changer,” Sinner informed reporters, earlier than increasing on the constructive strides he felt he has made in his first occasion in over three months.
“Speaking common, [I am] very blissful about this match. It provides me hopefully confidence to play some good tennis additionally in Paris. Let’s examine what’s coming on the market.
“After three months coming right here making this end result means quite a bit to me, quite a bit to my staff additionally. We labored quite a bit to be right here.”
Although it was a loss, Sinner says he’ll look again on the tape and check out to determine how he could make an even bigger dent in his rivalry towards Alcaraz.
“For certain there are some issues like we noticed right now that we have now to enhance if we wish to do good in Paris,” the World No.1 mentioned. “I’m nearer than anticipated [in every way]. However in one other means, it was good. It was an excellent week for me. Some matches [I played] extremely nicely, some matches may very well be higher. However that is tennis. It is plenty of ups and downs.
“The whole lot collectively, it was a superb, good match.”
