{"id":286672,"date":"2025-11-15T18:26:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-15T18:26:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/286672\/"},"modified":"2025-11-15T18:26:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-15T18:26:08","slug":"suspension-to-blame-for-sinner-missing-no-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/286672\/","title":{"rendered":"Suspension to blame for Sinner missing No.1?"},"content":{"rendered":"

At the ATP Finals, the press conferences last from 8 to 10 minutes maximum, and astonishingly no reporter prioritised the fact to ask to Jannik Sinner<\/a> if his three months suspension from February to May<\/a> had a direct impact on his capability to finish World No.1 like in 2024<\/a> (Tennis Majors included didn\u2019t prioritise).<\/p>\n

Sinner, who will play his third consecutive final at the ATP Finals<\/a>, emphasised that his season remains \u201cincredible\u201d and that his qualification is \u201camazing, no matter what.\u201d He said in Italian, \u201cWe don\u2019t know what could have happened during those three months. Honestly, I don\u2019t think about it anymore.\u201d<\/p>\n

12 regular events in onze season<\/p>\n

Reflecting on his missed opportunities \u2013\u00a0including Indian Wells, Miami, Madrid, and Monte-Carlo \u2013\u00a0Sinner added, \u201cI\u2019ve had an incredible season, played a few tournaments, but I almost always reached the final.\u201d<\/p>\n

In details, Sinner has played 12 regular events in 2025 (plus the unofficial Six Kings Slams), for 63 matches including only 6 losses, and 2 retirements among them : 4 against Alcaraz in finals (Rome, Roland-Garros, retirement un Cincinnati, US Open), 1 against Bublik (Halle), 1 against Griekspoor (retirement in Shanghai). Only Halle (quarters) and Shanghai (Round of 16) were the places where he didn\u2019t reach the final.<\/p>\n

Sinner\u2019s season<\/p>\n

\u2022 Won (5): Australian Open (d. Zverev); Wimbledon (d. Alcaraz); Beijing (d. Tien); Vienna (d. Zverev); ATP Masters 1000 Paris (d. Auger-Aliassime)
\u2022 Finals (4): ATP Masters 1000 Rome (l. to Alcaraz); Roland Garros (l. to Alcaraz); ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati (l. to Alcaraz); US Open (l. to Alcaraz)<\/p>\n

In comparaison, Alcaraz played 17 events (18 including the Six King\u2019 Slam) for 79 matches including 8 losses. During Sinner\u2019s suspension, he earned 2010 points in five events.<\/p>\n


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Sinner: Things happen for a reason<\/p>\n

Sinner continued, \u201cThings happen for a reason, I think. Maybe I lost the Roland-Garros final to win Wimbledon. Maybe the retirement in Shanghai (for cramps) went a certain way to prepare me for this end of the season. I\u2019m happy to be here and to finish this incredible season with another final, especially here in Turin. I\u2019m super happy.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sinner will finish the season World No.2. He is projected to finish the season with between 11,000 and 11,500 points if he wins the final, while Carlos Alcaraz will finish between 11,650 (if he loses in the semifinals) and 12,550 (if he wins the ATP Finals). On Friday, Sinner said he was genuinely happy for Alcaraz to see him at the top of the game.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"At the ATP Finals, the press conferences last from 8 to 10 minutes maximum, and astonishingly no reporter…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":286673,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[565],"tags":[64,63,85,747],"class_list":["post-286672","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-sports","tag-tennis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/286672","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=286672"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/286672\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/286673"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=286672"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=286672"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=286672"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}