{"id":1432,"date":"2026-05-28T21:05:22","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T21:05:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=1432"},"modified":"2026-05-28T21:05:22","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T21:05:22","slug":"overwhelming-favorite-jannik-sinner-upset-in-second-round-at-french-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=1432","title":{"rendered":"Overwhelming favorite Jannik Sinner upset in second round at French Open"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<div>\n<p><span>PARIS \u2014 Not since Rafael Nadal was winning his record 14 French Opens had a player come to Roland Garros as such an overwhelming favorite to win the clay-court Grand Slam tournament.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=1430\">2026 Boston Marathon sets fund-raising record with $57.3 million raised for charity<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>Jannik Sinner had won everything there was to win in tennis over the past three months: five straight Masters 1000 titles \u2014 three of them on clay \u2014 and 30 straight matches.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>And with Carlos Alcaraz, his biggest rival, out because of an injured right wrist, it seemed almost a foregone conclusion that Sinner would raise the Coupe des Mousquetaires trophy and complete a career Grand Slam.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span>That\u2019s why Sinner\u2019s meltdown amid the Paris heatwave was so stunning Thursday \u2014 especially after he came within just one game of concluding his second-round match in straight sets when he led, 5-1, in the third.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The top-ranked Sinner struggled with dizziness and was beaten by 56th-ranked Juan Manuel Cerundolo, 3-6, 2-6, 7-5, 6-1, 6-1, after wasting two chances to serve for the match.<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><span>Get Starting Point<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span>A guide through the most important stories of the morning, delivered Monday through Friday.<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><label>Enter Email<\/label><\/p>\n<div><button>Sign Up<\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span>\u201cI didn\u2019t feel very well on court,\u201d Sinner said. \u201cI struggled, starting to feel very dizzy, very low on energy &#8230; In the beginning, I was hitting very clean, very good, and then I just kind of hit the wall.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cI didn\u2019t have energy, really. I was very, very flat. The whole body. I don\u2019t remember last time I felt this weak.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Sinner said that when he woke up on Thursday he \u201cdidn\u2019t feel very well.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Sinner bent over on the clay court in apparent exhaustion multiple times and was hardly even running for shots as the match wore on, resorting to drop shots and serve-and-volley tactics to try and shorten the points.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>He attempted to cool himself with a hand-held fan on changeovers and put bags of ice around his neck.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The temperature at the start of the match was 29 degrees Celsius (84 Fahrenheit and rose to 32 (90).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cIt was warm but not crazy warm,\u201d Sinner said. \u201cI feel like it was quite OK to play. Really it was nothing against the heat, nothing against the weather. It was just me today, but it happens.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Cerundolo didn\u2019t celebrate too much when it was over, just producing a little wave to the crowd.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cIt\u2019s tough for him,\u201d Cerundolo said. \u201cI couldn\u2019t win more than three games by set. So I think I was a little bit lucky &#8230; He was deserving to win in this match. But then I don\u2019t know what happened &#8230; I feel sorry for him and hope he recovers.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=1428\">Claude Lemieux, feisty winger and four-time Stanley Cup champion, dies at 60<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>When Sinner served for the match a second time at 5-4 in the third set, he bent over at 0-40 and then walked to his chair. He asked for assistance and left the court. His entire light blue outfit was soaked through with sweat.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>After losing the set, 7-5, Sinner received medical attention and left the court. Minerals were added to his drink when he returned, but Sinner wasn\u2019t able to recuperate.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Sinner lost 18 of the last 20 games. Asked if he considered retiring before the match ended, Sinner said that in the \u201cfifth set we all know everything can happen. I was in a tough spot.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Sinner\u2019s previous loss came Feb. 19 in the Qatar Open quarterfinals. He had won five straight Masters titles while dropping just three sets.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cWe\u2019ll definitely do some tests to be sure of what happened today,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cLet\u2019s hope we\u2019re ready for Wimbledon,\u201d Sinner added. \u201cTo be ready there, we need to recuperate well and do things right now.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>But Sinner has a history of struggling in the heat. He acknowledged he was lucky at the Australian Open in January against Eliot Spizzirri when the roof was closed and the third-round match swung his way. And he had to retire from a match in Shanghai in October that was contested amid extreme humidity.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cShanghai was very tough. Humidity very high. Australia was very, very warm,\u201d Sinner said. \u201cHere, I mean, it was warm, but it was OK. It was not like I was dying because of the heat. I think today was completely different scenario.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cIt\u2019s tough to accept, of course, because of the position where I\u2019ve been in and everything considered,\u201d added Sinner, who sportsbooks had listed at around -300 to win the tournament.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>On the same Court Philippe Chatrier last year, Sinner wasted three match points against Alcaraz and lost an epic final.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In other matches, 17-year-old Frenchman Moise Kouame became the youngest man to reach the third round of a Grand Slam since Nadal was also 17 at 2003 Wimbledon. Kouame beat Adolfo Daniel Vallejo, 6-3, 7-5, 3-6, 2-6, 7-6 (10-8).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Frances Tiafoe required nearly five hours to overcome Hubert Hurkacz, 6-7 (5-7), 7-6 (7-5), 6-4, 6-7 (1-7), 6-4.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>And Cerundolo\u2019s older brother, Francisco, beat Hugo Gaston, 2-6, 6-4, 6-2, 6-1.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In women\u2019s action, Naomi Osaka put on another fashion show for her walk-on before beating Donna Vekic, 7-6 (7-1), 6-4. Defending champion Coco Gauff beat Mayar Sherif, 6-3, 6-2; and top-ranked Aryna Sabalenka defeated Elsa Jacquemot, 7-5, 6-2.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=1426\">Red Sox place reliever Garrett Whitlock (left knee) on injured list<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The top-ranked Sinner struggled with dizziness and was beaten by 56th-ranked Juan Manuel Cerundolo, 3-6, 2-6, 7-5, 6-1, 6-1, after wasting two chances to serve for the match.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1431,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1432","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sport"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Overwhelming favorite Jannik Sinner upset in second round at French Open - 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