{"id":620666,"date":"2026-05-03T07:26:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-03T07:26:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/620666\/"},"modified":"2026-05-03T07:26:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-03T07:26:12","slug":"jannik-sinner-addresses-if-he-will-recover-to-play-italian-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/620666\/","title":{"rendered":"Jannik Sinner addresses if he will recover to play Italian Open"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jannik Sinner has addressed the challenge he will face to recover for the Italian Open after reaching the final at the 2026 Madrid Open.<\/p>\n<p>The world No 1 defeated 21-year-old French star Arthur Fils 6-2, 6-4 in the semi-finals at the Masters 1000 event in Madrid on Friday.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tag\/jannik-sinner\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sinner<\/a> has won 22 consecutive matches after claiming titles in Monte Carlo, Miami and Indian Wells at his previous three events.<\/p>\n<p>The Italian is aiming to become the first player in history to win the first four ATP Masters 1000 tournaments in a season. He will face world No 3 Alexander Zverev in the final in Madrid.<\/p>\n<p>In his press conference after beating Fils, Sinner was asked how he was feeling about the prospect of winning his first title in Madrid.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know. First, I\u2019m happy about today, and tomorrow, it\u2019s a relaxed day, and I don\u2019t think too much about the final ahead,\u201d the 24-year-old said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m, of course, very happy to play my first final here, it means a lot to me.<\/p>\n<p>ATP Tour News<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/atp-tour\/madrid-open-alexander-zverev-makes-very-easy-comment-jannik-sinner-final\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Madrid Open: Alexander Zverev sends warning to Jannik Sinner before final<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/jannik-sinner-rankings-milestone-madrid-open-win\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jannik Sinner reaches a new rankings milestone as he puts a big rival to the sword<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Want more from Tennis365? Add us as\u00a0<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>\u00a0for tennis coverage you can trust.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt has been an amazing tournament again. But whatever comes out Sunday, in any case, it has been a great tournament.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>ATP main draw action in Rome will begin on Wednesday May 6 \u2014 just three days after the Madrid Open final.<\/p>\n<p>Sinner was asked how his body was holding up and whether he had any concerns about getting enough rest between Madrid and the start of Rome.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWell, Rome, it\u2019s then different again\u2026 I\u2019m trying to recover very much in the night\u2019s sleep,\u201d the four-time Grand slam winner replied.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis (last) night has been a very good sleep for me, a lot of hours and felt quite fresh this morning.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut yeah, look, I\u2019ve played a lot in the last one and a half months. Going very, very deep in tournaments; it\u2019s a good sign.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOf course, at the same time, you tend to get a little bit more tired, but I think and I believe when you play big matches; semi-finals, quarter-finals, finals \u2014 there is also adrenaline a little bit, that pushes [you].<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd then, between here and Rome, I try to recover again as much, and then we\u2019ll see.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sinner was a runner-up to Carlos Alcaraz at the 2025 Italian Open, which is the best result he has achieved at the prestigious clay-court tournament.<\/p>\n<p>READ NEXT: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/atp-tour\/madrid-open-atp-rankings-winners-losers-sinner-outstrips-alcaraz-fils-top-20-blockx-34-ruud-10-draper-22\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Madrid Open ATP Rankings Winners &amp; Losers: Sinner outstrips Alcaraz; Fils up, Blockx +34, Ruud -10, Draper -22<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jannik Sinner has addressed the challenge he will face to recover for the Italian Open after reaching the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":620667,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[72],"tags":[99,428],"class_list":["post-620666","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\/620666","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=620666"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/620666\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/620667"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=620666"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=620666"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=620666"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}