Jannik Sinner can smile after big scare and pick up racket again
After two days of clinical examinations carried out at the San Raffaele Hospital in Milan to clarify the reasons for the physical ailment that had caused the surprising exit in the second round of Roland Garros, Jannik Sinner returned to Monte Carlo on Tuesday afternoon. Today, the world tennis number one will return to training at the Country Club together with his coach Simone Vagnozzi, wielding the racket again for the first time since the defeat suffered on Parisian clay.
The package of checks carried out at San Raffaele included cardiac and metabolic examinations, necessary to rule out pathologies or deficits that may have contributed to the Parisian physical collapse. Advanced monitoring to check for any abnormalities under stress and analysis aimed at assessing absorption, recovery and energy management. It should be recalled that Sinner, in the days immediately following the malaise suffered in Paris, had already gone to the J-Medical in Turin for initial specialist examinations, before deciding to investigate further using the specific instrumentation available in the Milanese nosocomio.
Maximum confidentiality on the results of the examinations, but the checks would not have revealed any significant physical problems. What happened in Paris would in fact be attributable to a general state of fatigue, accrued after more than two months of intense competitive activity, with numerous close encounters and few opportunities to carry out adequate preparation work, a situation further aggravated by the high temperatures recorded in the French capital during the tournament.
In the days spent between Paris and Milan, Sinner was not alone. His fiancée Laila Hasanovic, the Danish model, stayed by the South Tyrolean champion’s side at all times, even following him on the mini-vacation on a boat in Sardinia spent with some friends before the clinical examinations. The model then also joined him in Milan, where she had dinner with him on Monday evening, and will accompany him on his return to Monte Carlo.
The return to the Country Club will mark the beginning of the operational phase of the pre-Wimbledon program. As confirmed by Paolo Bertolucci, who spoke to Rai Radio 1 during the ‘Un giorno da pecora’ program, the course is already defined in detail: “Jannik had already scheduled these two days of visits, I knew he would have a complete check-up. The program is clear, tonight he returns to Monte Carlo and tomorrow he resumes training. No pre-Wimbledon tournaments, at most an exhibition match.” A clear line, then, that confirms the choice already announced in recent weeks: no tournaments on grass before the Championships, only targeted work and constant monitoring of fitness.
The goal is to regain that rhythm and brilliance shown in the extraordinary positive series between Indian Wells and Rome, via Miami, Monte Carlo and Madrid, which had led Sinner to win five consecutive Masters 1000 in the first half of 2026. On the collapse of Paris, the tennis world continued to debate heatedly. Greg Rusedski, in his podcast ‘Off Court with Greg,’ offered an alternative reading to the heat and fatigue hypothesis: “I don’t think, after an hour and 45 minutes, the problem has to do with physical preparation, hydration or nutrition. We are talking about a maniacal perfectionist. He does everything flawlessly. I think he doesn’t want to tell everyone that he’s been affected by a virus, but that’s how it was for me.” An argument that contrasts with that of Patrick Mouratoglou, who is one hundred percent convinced that it was heatstroke, and that of John McEnroe, who says that the problem of cramping and physical failure in extreme heat conditions is nothing new for Sinner, with the South Tyrolean’s team working for years to find the right countermeasures.
