{"id":700008,"date":"2026-05-28T20:02:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T20:02:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/700008\/"},"modified":"2026-05-28T20:02:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T20:02:11","slug":"no-longer-in-big-brothers-shadow-juan-manuel-cerundolo-shocks-jannik-sinner-at-french-open-winnipeg-free-press","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/700008\/","title":{"rendered":"No longer in big brother\u2019s shadow: Juan Manuel Cerundolo shocks Jannik Sinner at French Open \u2013 Winnipeg Free Press"},"content":{"rendered":"

PARIS (AP) \u2014 Until Thursday, Juan Manuel Cerundolo had been best known as Francisco Cerundolo\u2019s younger brother.<\/p>\n

Those days are over for the 24-year-old Argentine player, who produced the biggest win of his career in the furnace of Roland Garros when he beat No. 1 Jannik Sinner.<\/p>\n

Sinner was the heavy favorite to win the French Open and complete a career Grand Slam, but he struggled badly in the heat that has engulfed Paris since the start of the clay-court tournament.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tJuan Manuel Cerundolo of Argentina celebrates winning against Jannik Sinner of Italy after their second round men’s singles tennis match at the French Open tennis tournament in Paris, Thursday, May 28, 2026. (AP Photo\/Thibault Camus)<\/p>\n

Cerundolo made the most of his opponent\u2019s physical issues to advance to the third round of a Grand Slam event for the first time.<\/p>\n

He beat Sinner 3-6, 2-6, 7-5, 6-1, 6-1 and was gracious in victory \u2014 hardly celebrating.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s tough for him,\u201d the 56th-ranked Cerundolo said. \u201cI couldn\u2019t win more than three games in a set, so I was a little bit lucky. He deserved to win this match, and then I don\u2019t know what happened. But I feel sorry for him and hope he recovers.\u201d<\/p>\n

It was Cerundolo\u2019s first win against Sinner. His brother Francisco, who is ranked 26th, has beaten him twice.<\/p>\n

Some things to know about Juan Manuel Cerundolo<\/p>\n

Nicknamed \u201cJuanma,\u201d Cerundolo turned professional in 2018 after starting tennis when he was just 3 years old at his parents\u2019 academy. A left-hander, he said he was inspired by 14-time French Open champion Rafael Nadal because of \u201chow he plays and fights for every ball.\u201d<\/p>\n

His favorite shot is the forehand \u2014 he struck 29 forehand winners against Sinner \u2014 and his favorite tournament? Roland Garros, of course.<\/p>\n

A winning streak<\/p>\n

It is not comparable to Sinner\u2019s \u2014 the Italian was on a 30-match winning streak before they faced each other \u2014 but Cerundolo had been in excellent form heading into the contest.<\/p>\n

Earlier this month, he won a Challenger tour title in southern France and is now on a seven-match winning streak.<\/p>\n

He first came to prominence in Cordoba in 2021 when ranked No. 355 winning eight matches in nine days to take the title as a qualifier in his ATP Tour debut.<\/p>\n

Soccer fan<\/p>\n

Cerundolo cites Argentine club River Plate as his favorite team and admires Lionel Messi, Neymar and Cristiano Ronaldo.<\/p>\n

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Cerundolo\u2019s father also played professionally during the 1980\u2019s. His sister Maria Constanza Cerundolo, played for the Argentine field hockey team that won the gold medal at 2018 Youth Olympic Games.<\/p>\n

Next opponent<\/p>\n

Cerundolo will next be up against Martin Landaluce of Spain.<\/p>\n

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AP tennis: https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/tennis<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PARIS (AP) \u2014 Until Thursday, Juan Manuel Cerundolo had been best known as Francisco Cerundolo\u2019s younger brother. Those…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":700009,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[442],"tags":[49,48,82,593],"class_list":["post-700008","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-sports","tag-tennis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/700008","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=700008"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/700008\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/700009"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=700008"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=700008"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=700008"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}