Jannik Sinner Full Press Conference After Loss to Juan Manuel Cerundolo — Roland-Garros 2026

[0:00] Janik, tough luck. Can you just tell us what happened out there and if you had a chance to [0:03] talk to the medical team here? Yeah, I didn't feel very well on court, but it can happen. [0:14] I was in a good spot, also third set, but I couldn't serve it out and then struggled quite [0:23] a bit. Also, congrats to him, I don't want to take anything away from him. I played a very solid [0:32] match, especially also in the end and that's the sport. Really, really tough one. I wonder if you [0:47] could just describe kind of how you felt and what happened from that point at which you were kind of [0:52] 5-1 up. Yeah, I struggled, starting to feel very dizzy, very low of energy and tried to serve it out, [1:07] but didn't have a lot of energy. Fourth set, I let it go a little bit, trying to have a bit more energy [1:13] in the fifth. A very important game, the first one couldn't hold and then it went all a bit [1:21] downwards, but yeah, woke up this morning, didn't feel very well and tried to keep the points very [1:33] short, most in the beginning. I was sitting very clean, very good and then I just kind of hit the [1:39] wall and that's it. Janik, when did you first, I mean you said you weren't feeling great in the morning, [1:49] but when did you first feel it in the match that things were starting to be difficult? [1:53] Yeah, middle third set, even though I was playing some great tennis, but really couldn't find any [2:00] energy today. It was a tough spot to be in, but again, this is the sport. It was warm, [2:09] but not crazy warm. I feel like it was quite okay to play and really it was nothing against the heat, [2:15] nothing against the weather. It was just me today, but it happens. [2:21] You've been feeling just sort of physically sick or ill this morning or days before that as well, [2:29] that you think was the main cause of your low energy today? [2:33] Tough to say. I think in general, many things together, there's not only one. I played a lot and [2:40] didn't have a lot of time to recover. I came here first match really good, really solid, but [2:46] you know, when you come back then the day, the day after you still don't have a lot of time, [2:52] even though I finished late, but not crazy late. And yeah, I felt this morning, I didn't sleep very [3:00] well. And this morning when I woke up, I was struggling a bit, but you know, this can happen. [3:09] Usually in grand slams, you always have a couple of days where you don't feel perfect. This was, [3:14] was today. Um, and yeah, this, this happened. How would you compare this to, um, previous instances [3:27] where you've had trouble on the court, like in Shanghai, uh, or, um, in Australia in January? [3:34] Was this similar to that? Um, there's tough, tough conditions today. I know you said not crazy warm, [3:41] but tough. So I'm just curious. Yeah. I think, uh, Shanghai was very tough for humidity, very high. [3:48] Um, Australia was very, very warm. Uh, I do remember, and it's different when you play on, [3:54] on a hard court because the heat comes also underneath. Um, and here was, I mean, it was warm, [4:01] but, um, it was okay. You know, it was not like I was, I was dying because of the heat. Um, [4:07] um, um, um, I, I think today was completely different scenario. You know, I'm, but again, [4:16] you know, this can happen. It's tough to accept, of course, because of the position where I've been in [4:23] and everything considered, but, um, yeah, now I have a lot of time to recover. Uh, I won't play any [4:30] tournaments on grass before, most likely. And, uh, now I need really some time off, uh, recover completely, [4:39] also mentally, and then be ready to go again from, uh, from Wimby. [4:43] Yeah, Nick, uh, bad luck. Um, yeah, as you said, the position you've been in, obviously, [4:50] you've been performing so well. Um, I know it's raw coming off the court, but how do you think your [4:55] kind of process and reflect on, on this result and particularly just the bad luck as well of this [5:00] coming in a slam? Um, well, I always try to, to look the positive side if you watch the whole clay [5:13] swing very well. You know, I played really, really, really good winning three tournaments, [5:19] uh, in a row on clay. Um, coming here, I, you know, I, I also, how I was playing tennis, [5:27] I felt very well, um, you know, hitting the ball in a good way, uh, moving well. Um, and today was just [5:35] not meant to be, you know, it's, um, I think many things together, you know, uh, cause this, [5:41] this problem today and, um, but again, it's, it's, it can happen. Um, I just need my time now, [5:49] you know, uh, to process what went wrong here and positive also that we can put in good practice [6:01] weeks before Wimby. Also because after, after Wimby, we have important tournaments coming up with, [6:08] you know, Montreal and Montreal, Toronto, I don't know which one is this year and Montreal and, uh, [6:15] Cincinnati and US Open. So let's see, there are still plenty to play this year. Hello Yannick. [6:28] Did you consider retiring at some point and what, what were your thoughts from 1-5 in the third to [6:34] the end in terms of shall I retire or not? And if I don't retire, what can I do to try to win? [6:41] What are your thoughts? I don't know. I, as I said, the fourth set, I let go, you know, [6:46] to recover also physically. And fifth set, we all know everything can happen, but yeah, it was tough. [6:52] I was in a tough spot that's in the fourth and also in the fifth at some point. I really was, [6:59] I didn't have energy really. Uh, it was very, very flat, you know, the whole, the whole body. Um, [7:06] don't remember last time I felt this weak, you know, um, uh, but yeah, look, it's, it is what it is. [7:15] I mean, I, I, I tried to stay there and with all I, I had today and this was the maximum I had. Um, [7:22] of course a pity because I was playing really well the first couple of sets and also the third set [7:28] was playing really well, but yeah, that's, that's the sport. Janik, do you have any regrets at all [7:37] about playing so much in the build up to this tournament? Do you think potentially if you hadn't [7:41] played one of those events, you would have felt with more energy here? You don't know. I mean, [7:48] if I don't play Madrid or if I don't play Rome, maybe I come here and I have still have a day like this, [7:53] you know, where you feel sick. So, you know, looking back, it's always very tough in the same way. [7:59] Look, I, I won three tournaments on clay, um, incredible results, um, amazing streak I've had. So, [8:11] um, of course, as I said in the beginning of the year, this is my main goal here and I'm very early [8:17] exit. It's, it's not, it was not what I was looking for, but, um, you also don't know if things would have [8:25] changed, you know, if I would maybe skip Madrid and play only Rome or maybe skipping Rome and to come here, [8:32] you never know. So, um, yeah.