At the French Open on Monday, Jannik Sinner easily defeated Chris Eubanks 6-3, 6-3, 6-4, stating that his hip was feeling good. But as he aims to build on his victory at the Australian Open earlier in the year, he believes it’s not 100%.
Sinner has spent the last few weeks dealing with a hip issue. In addition to missing the Italian Open, he was forced to retire from the Madrid Open before his quarterfinal match.
Sinner acknowledged that he can’t execute at the best of his abilities yet but was happy with his performance on Monday versus Eubanks.
Sinner expressed his remarks in the on-court interview: “Honestly, I’m just happy to be back on the court. I was injured, so I’m very happy to be back here. It’s a very special tournament for me. It’s where I reached the quarterfinals at a Grand Slam for the first time, so I have some great memories. The last years I didn’t play my best, so I’m just trying to go day by day, building every day, and I’m just happy about today’s performance.”
Sinner informed the media about his hip recovery and said: “The hip is good. I’m very happy. I’m glad that my team and I worked very hard to be on the court as soon as possible. Obviously, without my team, it is not possible. For sure, my general shape is not at 100% yet, so we try to build every day.”
Sinner at the French Open, ranking, and results in 2024
Now ranked no.2 (career-high), the Italian achieved an overall 29-2 record in 2024. Sinner is competing at the French Open where he overcame the world no.46 Christopher Eubanks 6-3 6-3 6-4.
Jannik Sinner will square off with the world no.124 Richard Gasquet in the 2nd round. Their actual head to head record is 2-0 for Sinner.
Jannik conquered 3 titles in 2024 at the Australian Open, Rotterdam and Miami.
The Italian won 14 titles in his career: 6 on hard courts, 1 on clay courts and 7 on indoor courts. (See the list of his titles)
Sinner will compete next in Halle (Terra Wortmann Open). He will begin to play the tournament from the main draw that will commence on the 17th of June.
Jannik Sinner |
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