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When Jannik Sinner plays: history with Machac

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Jannik Sinner is about to return to the court. The Italian champion, fresh off his loss at the 2026 Australian Open to Novak Djokovic, is set to make his debut at the’ATP 500 in Doha, where he will begin his long chase for the number one spot, now occupied by Carlos Alcaraz.

The South Tyrolean tennis player will not have to defend any points in the next three months after he was disqualified last season for the Clostebol case, and will be able to make up much of the now clear disadvantage accumulated by the Murcian champion after his victory in the Melbourne Slam.

Luca FranzosiBublik lashes out at Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz

Bublik, clear words on Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz
Kazakhstan’s tennis player explains the extent of the two tennis players’ dominance over all others
"I have never heard any of us 'other' players say we want to try to win a Slam" said Bublik at the Nothing Major podcast"
"The atmosphere in the locker room usually is this: we try to get close to the title, but almost convinced that in the end we will lose to one of these two".
"I think this is the worst side and the most difficult to accept"
"Imagine if Alcaraz and Sinner were eliminated by a stroke of luck and everyone else in the top 10 found themselves in the quarterfinals…"
"It would be chaos! Imagine Wimbledon, out Djokovic, out Alcaraz, out Sinner"
"It would be crazy and everyone would feel tremendous pressure"
Sinner and Alcaraz will return to face each other in Doha

The'Blue is hunting for redemption after being eliminated in the semifinals at the Australian Open

Sinner is on the hunt for revenge after a so-so Australian Open, and in the final he could meet Carlos Alcaraz himself, who will be attending the tournament unlike Novak Djokovic. The athlete from Sesto Pusteria will take the court on Monday, Feb. 16 or Tuesday, Feb. 17 against Czech Tomas Machac.

The Blue has won the last two previous matches against the Czech Republic player, who was beaten in two sets in Miami and Shanghai in 2024. Sinner to Sky coldly analyzed the loss to Nole: “The defeat to Djokovic taught me a lot of things, it was a very good match from both me and him. I had my chances, but sometimes it doesn&#8217t go as one hopes. But this is sport”.

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