{"id":438195,"date":"2026-02-21T16:27:13","date_gmt":"2026-02-21T16:27:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/438195\/"},"modified":"2026-02-21T16:27:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-21T16:27:13","slug":"jannik-sinner-defiant-after-shock-qatar-open-exit-first-roland-garros-title-is-one-of-my-biggest-goals-for-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/438195\/","title":{"rendered":"Jannik Sinner defiant after shock Qatar Open exit: First Roland-Garros title is one of my \u2018biggest goals\u2019 for 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

Highlights: Alcaraz overpowers Sinner in classic Roland-Garros final<\/p>\n

Video credit: TNT Sports<\/p>\n

Jannik Sinner<\/a> revealed his main priority in 2026 is to win Roland-Garros<\/a> for the first time and complete a career Grand Slam.The French Open is the only major missing from Sinner’s trophy cabinet and will be shown live on TNT Sports and discovery+<\/a> from May 18.Sinner was speaking following a three-set defeat to Jakub Mensik<\/a> in the Qatar Open quarter-finals, after previously beating Alexei Popyrin and Tomas Machac at the ATP 500 tournament.<\/p>\n

It continued a frustrating start to the year for the world No.2, whose defence of the Australian Open ended with a semi-final defeat to Novak Djokovic last month.<\/p>\n

However, that hunger to win a fifth Grand Slam appears to be as hungry as ever when asked about his main goal for 2026.<\/p>\n

“One of my biggest goals will be Roland-Garros, but that goal is still far away,” said Sinner in an interview with UBI Tennis<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“We’ve seen that all players have struggled throughout their careers, but I wouldn’t call this ‘fatigue’ yet; I’ve only lost a couple of matches.<\/p>\n

“I also have to remember what I’ve done in the last three years, where I’ve won a lot of matches and lost very few.”<\/p>\n

Reflecting on the defeat to Mensik in more detail, Sinner insists there is no reason to panic and is confident of finding some consistency building up to the second Grand Slam of the year.<\/p>\n

“It\u2019s a match that went how it went. Now let\u2019s see where we can improve. We\u2019re serene, there\u2019s no disaster,” he added to reporters.<\/p>\n

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Watch: Top 5 moments of Sinner’s Australian Open run<\/p>\n

Video credit: TNT Sports<\/p>\n

“Obviously, we are working to win as many matches as possible, these are moments that happen, and I\u2019m okay. I will dig myself out of this, I\u2019m sure of it.<\/p>\n

“In the first set, he served very, very well, 90% first serves and very angled, I had few chances to break.<\/p>\n

“I tried to push, but I couldn\u2019t as much as I want. In the third set I started bad and got a break that I couldn\u2019t get back anymore.<\/p>\n

“Nothing bad happened, we\u2019re serene. We\u2019ll try to get the confidence back.<\/p>\n

“It\u2019s moments that can happen, every player went through it. I\u2019m really calm, I\u2019m sure the work will pay off, results will come. Maybe not at Indian Wells or Miami, but the work will pay off. It\u2019s okay.<\/p>\n

“It\u2019s normal to go through difficult moments. I\u2019ve had tougher ones in the past, I know how to come back.”<\/p>\n

Watch and stream live tennis – including the 2026 French Open – on TNT Sports and discovery+<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Highlights: Alcaraz overpowers Sinner in classic Roland-Garros final Video credit: TNT Sports Jannik Sinner revealed his main priority…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":438196,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[159668,101,118,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-438195","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-roland-garros-men-2026","tag-sports","tag-tennis","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/438195","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=438195"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/438195\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/438196"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=438195"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=438195"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=438195"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}