By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Sunday Might 17, 2025
It was not the best way Jannik Sinner needed to complete his two weeks in Rome. The Italian grew to become the primary Italian males’s singles finalist on the Foro Italico since 1978, however he couldn’t be 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 gained towards High-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 seemed that manner, as he couldn’t discover a option to make the second set shut as Alcaraz pulled away for his fourth consecutive win over Sinner.
“First set for positive was slightly little bit of a game-changer,” Sinner informed reporters, earlier than increasing on the optimistic strides he felt he has made in his first occasion in over three months.
“Speaking normal, [I am] very comfortable about this event. It offers 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 outcome means so much to me, so much to my staff additionally. We labored so much 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 positive there are some issues like we noticed right this moment that we’ve got 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 manner, it was good. It was an excellent week for me. Some matches [I played] extremely nicely, some matches could possibly be higher. However that is tennis. It is a whole lot of ups and downs.
“Every thing collectively, it was a superb, good event.”
