World number one Jannik Sinner said he feels hurt having missed the opportunity to win his first French Open title after losing in five sets to Carlos Alcaraz in Sunday's final, Afrosport reports. The Italian had three set points in the fourth set that could have secured the title but Alcaraz took it off him to come from two sets down for an epic comeback 4-6,...
Carlos Alcaraz has called his five-set victory over Jannik Sinner in Sunday's French Open men's singles final as the "most exciting" match of his career, Afrosport reports. The 22-year-old Spaniard came from two sets down to defeat world number one Sinner 4-6, 6-7 (4-7), 6-4, 7-6 (7-3), 7-6 (10-2) and win back-to-back titles at Roland Garros and the fifth Grand Slam of his career. The match...
Carlos Alcaraz edged the battle between world number one and three as the Spaniard defeated Jannik Sinner in straight sets in the Italian Open final on Sunday, Afrosport reports. Alcaraz won his maiden Italian Open title, claiming a 7-6 (7-5), 6-1 win over Sinner to end the Italian’s 26-match winning streak with a dominant display in Rome. Sinner, who was appearing in his first tournament since...
Jannik Sinner on Thursday had his nomination for the Laureus World Sportsman of the Year award withdrawn after he was handed a three-month doping ban, Afrosport reports. Sinner twice tested positive for traces of the banned anabolic steroid clobestol last March and the International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) discovered that the Italian had been accidentally contaminated with the drug by his physiotherapist Giacomo Naldi. The world...
World Anti-doping Agency (WADA) general counsel Ross Wenzel says the case of Jannik Sinner was "a million miles away from doping", Afrosport reports. Sinner was handed an immediate three-month ban by WADA on Saturday after reaching a settlement over his two positive drug tests last year. The 23-year-old was cleared of any wrongdoing by an independent panel after testing positive for banned e clostebol in March...
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