Former world No 10 Arnaud Clement has identified the \u201conly weakness\u201d he sees in Jannik Sinner\u2019s game amid the world No 1\u2019s remarkable run.<\/p>\n
Sinner extended his winning streak to 25 matches with his 6-2, 6-0 demolition of world No 60 Alexei Popyrin in the third round of the Italian Open.<\/p>\n
After losing to Jakub Mensik in the Qatar Open quarter-finals in February, Sinner swept the Masters 1000 titles in Indian Wells, Miami, Monte Carlo and Madrid.<\/p>\n
The Italian is the only player in ATP history to win the first four Masters 1000 tournaments on the calendar, and he has won five successive events at this level, having also triumphed at the Paris Masters in November.<\/p>\n
Sinner<\/a>\u2018s biggest rival, Carlos Alcaraz, is currently sidelined due to a wrist injury, and the 24-year-old is an overwhelming favourite to secure his maiden titles at the Italian Open and French Open.<\/p>\n ATP Tour News<\/p>\n Alexander Zverev ranks Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz on clay after his controversial comments<\/a><\/p>\n Darren Cahill says what fans have got totally wrong about Jannik Sinner<\/a><\/p>\n Want more from Tennis365? Add us as\u00a0a preferred source on Google to your favourites list<\/a>\u00a0for tennis coverage you can trust.<\/p>\n Speaking on Eurosport France<\/a>, Clement \u2014 who was a runner-up to Andre Agassi at the 2001 Australian Open \u2014 shared his thoughts on Sinner\u2019s physicality.<\/p>\n \u201cJannik Sinner\u2019s only weakness, and it\u2019s often mentioned because we have to point something out, is his physicality in long matches,\u201d said the Frenchman, who won four ATP Tour<\/a> singles titles.<\/p>\n \u201cWhen you look at the season, he wins everything, but the matches aren\u2019t played in a very consistent rhythm because of these new 12-day Masters 1000 formats, which include many rest days.<\/p>\n \u201cHe often has four or five days off between two Masters 1000 tournaments.<\/p>\n \u201cThis doesn\u2019t detract from his performance since the beginning of the year at all, but I just wanted to highlight it.\u201d<\/p>\n What is Sinner\u2019s record in five-set matches?<\/p>\n Sinner has won just six of the 16 five-set matches he has played in his career (37.5%) having lost his most recent five-setter against Novak Djokovic in the Australian Open semi-finals in January. He has a 2-10 record in five-setters against top 50-ranked opponents.<\/p>\n The four-time Grand Slam champion has lost all eight of the longest matches he has played in his career, and he has not won a match that lasted longer than three hours and 48 minutes.<\/p>\n His last five-set win was against Daniil Medvedev in the 2024 Australian Open final \u2014 a triumph that saw him secure his maiden major title.<\/p>\n