Jannik Sinner warns everyone ahead of Madrid and reveals a'particular pitfall

With Carlos Alcaraz in the pits due to injury, Jannik Sinner has everything to gain at the Madrid Masters 1000: the points he manages to obtain in the tournament on the clay in the Spanish capital will in fact add sharply to his ranking, given his missed 2025 participation. Precisely the approach to clay has always been a topic of discussion, talking about Sinner: interviewed by Sky Sport on the eve of the tournament, the Azzurro explained the secrets of an incredible improvement even on this type of surface.

“I have tried to grow year after year even on clay,” said Sinner. “Last year I played only two tournaments on this surface, in Rome and Paris: they were, however, two very important appointments, also to understand at what point my level was. This year I started working on it earlier, and after two or three days of training, I immediately started to feel pretty good. When we went to Monte Carlo, then, with the team we turned up the intensity even more.”

According to Sinner, however, Madrid hides additional pitfalls: “It’s a very different tournament than others on clay: the ball travels faster, you control it less, there’s less cross-court play. It’s a condition that favors those who serve very well and makes responding particularly tricky. I’m also here to figure out how best to deal with these situations for the next few years. Then we’ll see how things will go.”

Jannik Sinner arrives in Madrid on the strength of a resounding hat trick between Indian Wells, Miami and Monte Carlo: after being tripped up by Jakub Mensik in Doha, the Sesto Pusteria outfielder has racked up an impressive 17 consecutive wins, the last five of which he needed to wear the metaphorical crown of Prince in Monte Carlo. Other tennis players defeated in this long winning streak include Alexander Zverev twice, Daniil Medvedev and especially Carlos Alcaraz, defeated 7-6(5), 6-3 in the Principality.