{"id":480000,"date":"2026-02-20T14:06:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T14:06:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/480000\/"},"modified":"2026-02-20T14:06:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T14:06:07","slug":"jannik-sinner-speaks-out-after-shock-qatar-open-loss-to-jakub-mensik","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/480000\/","title":{"rendered":"Jannik Sinner speaks out after shock Qatar Open loss to Jakub Mensik"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jannik Sinner has vowed to \u201cdig myself out of this\u201d and \u201ctry to get the confidence back\u201d after his surprise loss to Jakub Mensik at the 2026 Qatar Open.<\/p>\n<p>The four-time Grand Slam champion was beaten 7-6(3), 2-6, 6-3 by world No 16 Mensik in the quarter-finals of the ATP 500 in Doha.\u00a0It was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tag\/jannik-sinner\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sinner<\/a>\u2018s first meeting with the 20-year-old Czech.<\/p>\n<p>The world No 2, who was making his debut at the Qatar Open, defeated Alexei Popyrin and Tomas Machac in the first two rounds.<\/p>\n<p>In his only event prior to Doha this year, Sinner lost to Novak Djokovic in the semi-finals of the Australian Open last month.<\/p>\n<p>Following the defeat to Mensik, Sinner said:\u00a0\u201cIt\u2019s a match that went how it went, now let\u2019s see where we can improve. We\u2019re serene, there\u2019s no disaster.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cObviously 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<p>\u201cIn the first set, he served very, very well, 90% first serves and very angled, I had few chances to break.<\/p>\n<p>ATP Tour News<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/jannik-sinner-puts-tennis-first-star-details-desire-maximise-his-potential\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jannik Sinner puts \u2018tennis first\u2019 as star details desire to \u2018maximise his potential\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/moise-kouame-compares-himself-novak-djokovic-carlos-alcaraz-jannik-sinner\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Rising French star says he has \u2018a bit of Djokovic, Alcaraz, Sinner and Monfils\u2019 in his game<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Want more from Tennis365? Add us as <a rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=tennis365.com\" target=\"_blank\">a preferred source on Google to your favourites list<\/a> for tennis coverage you can trust.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI 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<p>\u201cNothing bad happened, we\u2019re serene. We\u2019ll try to get the confidence back.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\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<p>\u201cIt\u2019s normal to go through difficult moments. I\u2019ve had tougher ones in the past, I know how to come back.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On the conditions in Doha, the 24-year-old Italian said: \u201cYeah, there was humidity, but it was a very calm moment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt wasn\u2019t a difficult situation on court. There was a lot of humidity and the ball didn\u2019t roll, but everything\u2019s normal. It\u2019s the first time I play in Doha and we understood a bit, for next year.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Asked about his goal for 2026, Sinner declared:\u00a0\u201cOf course, one of my biggest goals is Roland Garros. It\u2019s still a long way to go.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>READ NEXT: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/arthur-fils-opens-up-about-new-partnership-goran-ivanisevic\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Arthur Fils opens up about new partnership with Novak Djokovic\u2019s acclaimed former coach<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jannik Sinner has vowed to \u201cdig myself out of this\u201d and \u201ctry to get the confidence back\u201d after&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":480001,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[72],"tags":[99,428],"class_list":["post-480000","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-sports","tag-tennis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/480000","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=480000"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/480000\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/480001"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=480000"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=480000"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=480000"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}