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Jannik Sinner, is there a fifth set problem? Filippo Volandri goes down flat

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Jannik Sinner lost the semifinals of the Australian Open against Novak Djokovic, surrendering after a battle of four hours and nine minutes of play with a final score of 3-6, 6-3, 4-6, 6-4, 6-4. After a real marathon and an extremely balanced match, therefore, decisive in the negative was the fifth set for him. A circumstance that Filippo Volandri wanted to analyze, joining the many who have chosen to defend the Highlander from the criticism rained on him by detractors after the defeat in Melbourne.

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Jannik Sinner defeated in Melbourne without Hasanovic: where'was Laila?
The Danish model did not follow the blue tennis player at the Australian Open
The South Tyrolean man's girlfriend had brought luck to the Blue in the last 2025

Laila Hasanovic was present in Vienna, where the pair had been made official

C'was also in Paris and Turin, during the ATP Finals
But unfortunately Laila could not attend in Melbourne, for work reasons
She was busy at home, for Copenhagen Fashion Week
The two will see each other again soon: no crisis
Laila was born on'November 8, 2000 in Copenhagen to family of Bosnian descent.
The Danish model dated Mick Schumacher until early 2025.
Hasanovic has participated in various editions of Miss Universe Denmark since a very young age.
On Instagram the model has over 470.000 fast-growing followers.
Sinner and Laila have not been shown together for a few weeks on social.
The couple has always lived the relationship with great confidentiality and discretion.
The model and influencer will return to the Blue's side to console and encourage him ahead of upcoming tournaments

No crisis: Hasanovic is busy with full-time modeling career.

The Dane participated in Paris Fashion Week and Copenhagen Fashion Week.

Although statistics speak of eleven career losses out of seventeen matches ended in the fifth set in Grand Slam tournaments, Volandri said he is convinced that there is no “fifth set problem” for Sinner. “Jannik knows when to go into saving mode, he proved it last year by participating in indoor tournaments where he had a very low level of energy– he told ‘SuperTennis’ -. He doesn&#8217t yet know himself so well that he knows perfectly how far the edges of his body go, but he is improving so much in that”.

“There wasn&#8220t a specific moment when I thought I might lose – had Sinner stated hotly just after the Melbourne defeat -. I had the chances, especially on the unconverted break points, but Djokovic in the key moments found extraordinary shots. I also tried to change something in the tactical choices, but I didn&#8217t get the desired effect. It…s part of tennis… Already in the first set both had expressed a very high level, the whole match was like a roller coaster ride”.

“Maybe toward the end I was a little bit’more comfortable and he struggled a little bit to hold – Sinner had added -. I knew I scored more points than he did, but at the same time it&#8217s pretty irrelevant if you look at the score. We’re talking about a player who has won 24 Slams, I can’t say I’m surprised: for me he’s the greatest in many years”.

In the days following his elimination at the Australian Open, Adriano Panatta, severissimo with his detractors, had also come to Sinner’s defense. “He is a champion and we should all be happy to have him in Italy. They started attacking him again because he lost a game, but he lost it against someone who is not the’latest, maybe the strongest of all time. It&#8217s a horrible malpractice that I can”t take anymore,‘Domenica Sportiva’ he had complained to ‘Domenica Sportiva’.

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