Jannik Sinner Makes ‘Negative Feelings’ Admission Coming into Wimbledon After French Open Heartbreak

Jannik Sinner has made it clear that he doesn’t want to dwell in the past, as he wants to focus on what’s in front of him. Last month, he suffered probably the biggest upset of his career when, despite having a 2-0 lead, he ended up losing the French Open final to arch-rival Carlos Alcaraz.

Not just this, he squandered three championship points in the fourth set. He had a few sleepless nights afterward, and the effect of the defeat affected his run at the Halle Open, which he played to defend his title as well as win his second grass-court title.

The Italian ace crashed out of the tournament in the second round against eventual winner Alexander Bublik. He also failed to reach a final for the first time since last year’s Canadian Open in August.

But Wimbledon gave him the chance to move on from that heartbreak. Just like what he did in the early rounds of the French Open, at Wimbledon too, Sinner is breezing past opponents one after the other.

On Saturday (July 5), he knocked out Spain’s Pedro Martinez in straight sets, surpassing Roger Federer‘s record for fewest games dropped en route to the last 16 of Wimbledon. Federer had dropped 19 at the 2004 Wimbledon, while the youngster lost 17. Following the match, he did not answer in the affirmative when a journalist at the press conference asked him whether he had negative feelings coming into Wimbledon.

Why negative feelings? Because I lost in the final? No. Look, it’s a new tournament. New Grand Slam. New surface. I’m not concerned about my level I can play at times. I’m not concerned that one loss can influence you for such a long time. I believe that here is a new chance that I can do something good from my side. If I play some good tennis, I know that I can go far potentially.

Sinner has never progressed beyond the semifinals of Wimbledon as the first time he reached the stage, the 24-time Grand Slam champion Novak Djokovic knocked him out in straight sets in 2023. He could again face the Serb in the last four, but before that, he has to move past Grigor Dimitrov, who he will be facing in the fourth round.

Jannik Sinner’s presence motivated Lorenzo Sonego to pull off a five-set win over Brandon Nakashima

Three Italian players have made it to the last 16 of Wimbledon for the first time. The players apart from Jannik Sinner are: Lorenzo Sonego and Flavio Cobolli, who knocked out Jakub Mensik to schedule a clash with Marin Cilic.