Jannik Sinner's Champion Press Conference 🏆 — Rolex Monte-Caro Masters 2026

[0:12] Yannick, well done. Can you just sum up your feelings about this fantastic week in Monte Carlo and your first title here? [0:26] Yes, amazing week. Some great, great matches from my side, so I'm very, very happy. [0:35] I tried to increase my level, match after match, which I've done, so I'm very happy about that. [0:41] And winning my first big title on this surface means also a lot to me, so it was an incredible week. [0:49] Yannick, are you surprised by yourself because it's such a huge accomplishment with the transition, hard and clay and your first title? [0:57] And it seems even maybe a little bit easy. Are you surprised by yourself? [1:01] No, no, it's not easy at all. Yeah, surprised in a very, very good way. [1:10] I think that I try to, you know, every day I wake up and try to improve and try to get better as a player. [1:21] And here really we did day by day trying to understand what the best game style is against every opponent, [1:32] because I haven't played, you know, the same kind of tennis against everyone. [1:36] We changed small, small things and, and, and yeah, so it was, I am, I am, you know, would be strange to tell you that I'm not surprised. [1:47] You know, I'm, I'm, I am surprised in a, in a very good way. And it of course means, means a lot to me. [1:56] I guess I still need a little bit of time, you know, to, to realize what's, what happened. [2:02] So, yeah, it's going to be good, you know, having some days off now away from the courts. [2:07] It was everything quite hectic, you know, from one tournament to the other. So, and then, and then we see what's coming next. [2:22] Congrats, Yannick. You said yesterday that no matter what you would learn something today. [2:26] You won, that was the best point, but what did you learn on your ability to beat at Karaz at the highest level on clay? [2:36] Yeah, I mean, it was a very strange match in a, in a, because it was very windy. [2:43] The conditions were, were not warm, which, you know, the ball is less bouncy, that, you know, it's, it's a little bit easier, you know, to play tennis in general. [2:54] But I tried, you know, I think I was serving well in the, in important moments in the first set, you know, in the tiebreak. [3:01] I was very, very accurate and, and in the second set was up and down a little bit from both, you know, I, you know, we both were slightly tired [3:11] because, you know, at the end of the tournament, you, it's normal that you feel this way. [3:16] So, a lot of tension for both of us, but it was, it was a good match, I felt like, you know, from, from, from, from him and also from my side, [3:26] a small things, or, he is going to improve, for sure, for the, for the next, for the next match against, against me. [3:34] And I have to be ready for that, you know, so, but now I also want to enjoy this moment. [3:39] Hello Yannick, I've seen that your mother arrived later, if she saw the game not in the box for Scaramanzio or if she didn't want to be on the field for the emotion, [4:05] and the question is what does it mean to win this tournament, not only for the fact that it is the first big tournament on earth, but because you have apparently won it at home of the other. [4:20] Because on earth the conviction that Alcaraz could have something in more, today you have shown that the level is that. [4:32] My mother was not there because ieri sera she didn't feel well, she wanted to go to the box, but at the end she said that it was better to be outside. [4:47] Speaking of the game, it means that I am doing progress in progress, but for him it was the first tournament on earth, so he will definitely improve from now on. [5:09] Madrid is a little bit different because it is very difficult to play, but then Roma and Parigi will surely be a good match, but we will try to do the same thing. [5:25] Now we have a good feedback, we have done 5 games in high level, 5 games against adversaries totally different. [5:35] We have had Mancino, starting with Mancino and then finishing with Carlos, so there is a lot of difference. [5:48] But, according to me, there are many positive points because we have never won a big tournament on this surface. [5:59] So we are happy, but then we will try to prepare ourselves better for the next tournament. [6:07] Hello Yannick, congratulations, another incredible success. [6:11] At the beginning of the week you said that every match in more will be something positive. [6:15] I ask you, in a scale of 0 to 10, how are you surprised by yourself for having this thing here in front of your eyes? [6:23] You know me, I don't want to give numbers, I have never given a number in any moment. [6:29] But to win the Indian Wells Miami is very difficult. [6:42] To come here we have had a free day, we are prepared for this tournament. [6:49] We are really working day after day. [6:52] We have tried to play right, tactically, and we have prepared very well. [7:01] Not only this game, but also the other games. [7:04] Part of Felix, then Sasha, and today we are three different players, with different qualities. [7:15] So I have tried to put myself in the game, both in the good and in the bad. [7:23] Today we have tried to do the right things. [7:30] Then you enter the game and there is wind, so you can adapt a moment. [7:34] But in general, I'm very happy to be surprised. [7:41] If you said no, it would be strange. [7:45] I'm surprised, but I can understand some things in this tournament [7:54] that can help for the next part. [8:00] Good afternoon, Yannick. [8:01] I didn't see you, but you told me that you sang Italian. [8:04] I wanted to know if it was like this and if it had a particular meaning today. [8:09] Yes, I sang it. [8:13] I sang it. [8:18] I sang... [8:19] I sang... [8:21] I sang... [8:22] I sang... [8:23] No? [8:27] No? [8:29] No, I'm happy. [8:30] I sang it. [8:31] I sang, I sang... [8:33] No? [8:34] No. [8:35] No? [8:36] No? [8:38] No, no? [8:39] No, no, no! [8:40] No, no. [8:41] No, no, no! [8:42] No, no, no! [8:43] No, no, no, no, no! [8:44] I feel a lot of support from the Italian team, especially in this tournament, but even if I want to play in America, I feel it anyway, because I know that at home there are a lot of Italians and we are a great group of guys who play tennis, we have very strong players, so every week there is someone who does well, [9:17] so I believe that this movement is beautiful for the Italian tennis, for the Italian people, and I'm fiero and content to give something to this nationality. [9:32] Allora, bravissimo, siamo contentissimi tutti, non solo te, e vorrei chiederti quale è stata la maggiore difficoltà oggi, a parte il vento, sei stato in break sotto sia nel primo che nel secondo set, eri soltanto al 39% di prime palle prima del tie break, quanto poi hai messo tutte prime. [9:54] Allora, vorrei sapere cosa era la maggior difficoltà, in genere quest'anno il servizio ti aveva aiutato tantissimo, oggi nemmeno un ace, non volevo capire quanto è stato più difficile questo. [10:10] E l'ultima cosa, quando giochi sulla diagonale dei rovesci, quando giochi sulla diagonale dei rovesci è più facile per te vincere con lui che non sul diritto. [10:18] Ho già dimenticato la prima, il vento, il servizio, la percentuale del servizio, la difficoltà del servizio e un break perso sotto in tutte e due i set. [10:32] Vabbè, può succedere, nel senso questo è il tennis, no? E quante volte ero sopra di un break e ho perso il set, è la cosa più normale, la percentuale oggi era più difficile a servire secondo me, anche perché c'era un po' di vento e in più c'ha di fronte un Carlos, no? [10:54] E' un po' diverso secondo me a servire quando c'hai uno che risponde comunque sempre, però nel primo set quando contavo ho servito bene, perché in tie-break ho messo tutte prime, ho sbagliato il dritto sul 6-4, che però era la scelta giusta. [11:16] E poi la partita si gioca su uno o due punti, cioè non è anche il secondo set che finisce 6-3, si gioca su due punti. [11:26] Non è che, secondo me oggi il servizio non ha fatto la differenza né dalla sua parte né dalla mia parte, aveva un pochettino questa la sensazione e quindi secondo me questo è un po' il riassunto di questa partita. [11:43] Ciao Yannick, complimenti e congratulazioni, ci siamo detti qualche giorno fa che giocavi per la conquista dei titoli più che per il numero uno, adesso che il numero uno al mondo è arrivato nuovamente, questa scala di valori la teniamo oppure essere di nuovo numero uno al mondo è qualcosa che ti fa veramente piacere? [12:03] No, mi fa piacere, però io non cambio di quello che hai detto, le mie dichiarazioni, perché comunque io e Carlos in questo momento siamo molto vicini, può cambiare da una settimana all'altra, [12:18] quindi secondo me in questo momento è abbastanza secondaria, ti direi una bugia che non fossi felice, che c'è di nuovo il numero uno davanti, davanti al mio nome, vuol dire che stiamo facendo di nuovo le cose giuste, [12:33] però guarda, secondo me onestamente la cosa più importante è di prepararci bene per i prossimi tornei, di avere la mentalità giusta, cercare di fare le cose giuste e poi man mano andiamo avanti ci sono due grandi slam da giocare, [12:52] c'è Parigi, c'è Londra, che per il momento è molto più importante e poi il ranking, vediamo dopo quei tornei lì come è messo lui, come sono messo io e poi vediamo, grazie.