{"id":236272,"date":"2025-10-31T16:53:12","date_gmt":"2025-10-31T16:53:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/236272\/"},"modified":"2025-10-31T16:53:12","modified_gmt":"2025-10-31T16:53:12","slug":"jannik-sinner-makes-worrying-comments-amid-injury-concerns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/236272\/","title":{"rendered":"Jannik Sinner makes worrying comments amid injury concerns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jannik Sinner has made a concerning admission after struggling physically in his win against Francisco Cerundolo in the third round of the 2025 Paris Masters.<\/p>\n<p>The four-time Grand Slam champion showed signs of discomfort during his 7-5, 6-1 victory over world No 21 Cerundolo at the Paris La Defense Arena on Thursday evening.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tag\/jannik-sinner\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sinner<\/a> stretched his right leg, and his movement between points looked laboured at times, particularly in the first set. He did not receive treatment, though, and he was dominant against the 27-year-old Argentine in the second set.<\/p>\n<p>Jannik Sinner gives update on his physical condition<\/p>\n<p>After his last 16 win at the Paris Masters, Jannik Sinner revealed he is \u201ctrying to manage\u201d an issue \u201cas best I can\u201d<br \/>\nSinner added that it is \u201cclear\u201d he is \u201cnot at 100%\u201d physically<br \/>\nSinner said he will need to be at his best to face Ben Shelton in the quarter-finals and declared he will \u201crecover physically\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sinner started his campaign at the Paris Masters with a 6-4, 6-2 triumph over 41st-ranked Zizou Bergs on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>The 24-year-old\u2019s potential right leg injury comes after he dealt with leg cramps in the third set of his Vienna Open final win over Alexander Zverev last week.<\/p>\n<p>The world No 2 was forced to retire due to cramping when trailing 2-3 in the third set of his Shanghai Masters third round match with Tallon Griekspoor earlier this month.<\/p>\n<p>What Sinner said after beating Cerundolo in Paris<\/p>\n<p>Following his win against Cerundolo at the ATP 1000 tournament, Sinner spoke candidly about his physical struggles in the match.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m trying to manage it as best I can, but it\u2019s clear I\u2019m not at 100%. But we\u2019ll see,\u201d he told reporters.<\/p>\n<p>More Tennis News<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-features\/atp-rankings-race-to-turin-shelton-de-minaur-qualify-musetti-auger-aliassime-bublik-medvedev\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ATP Rankings Race to Turin: Ben Shelton &amp; Alex de Minaur qualify as 4 players remain in contention<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/atp-tour\/jannik-sinner-wont-be-top-seed-atp-finals-returns-no-1-carlos-alcaraz\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Why Jannik Sinner won\u2019t be the top seed at ATP Finals even if he returns to No 1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI feel like today\u2019s match was less physical, which is good for me. I\u2019m happy to have won it in two sets, in under an hour and a half. I\u2019m going to sleep very well tonight.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sinner added: \u201cI was up twice with the break in the first set and I could not convert.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI put myself in not an easy situation, but I am happy with how I ended the match and I felt much better. Hopefully, it will give me the confidence to start off in a good way tomorrow.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sinner: Ben Shelton is a \u201cvery difficult\u201d opponent<\/p>\n<p>Sinner will face world No 7 Ben Shelton in the quarter-finals, and he was wary of the threat the explosive American poses.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHopefully, I can recover physically, which is my main priority. Today was a great match and a great performance from my side,\u201d Sinner said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTomorrow I have a very difficult opponent. I have to play at 100%. I hope I can. We\u2019re all expecting a great match.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Italian holds a 6-1 record against Shelton, having won the last five encounters in straight sets.<\/p>\n<p>READ NEXT: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-features\/how-jannik-sinner-can-overtake-carlos-alcaraz-world-no-1-paris-masters-2025\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">How Jannik Sinner can overtake Carlos Alcaraz as world No 1 after the Paris Masters<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jannik Sinner has made a concerning admission after struggling physically in his win against Francisco Cerundolo in the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":236273,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[101,118,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-236272","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tennis","8":"tag-sports","9":"tag-tennis","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236272","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=236272"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236272\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/236273"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=236272"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=236272"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=236272"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}