{"id":1876117,"date":"2026-04-10T15:15:24","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T12:15:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1876117"},"modified":"2026-04-10T15:15:24","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T12:15:24","slug":"monte-carlo-masters-jannik-sinner-gives-candid-verdict-on-his-level-ahead-of-alexander-zverev-clash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1876117","title":{"rendered":"Monte Carlo Masters: Jannik Sinner gives candid verdict on his level ahead of Alexander Zverev clash"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"ps-article-content rounded-lg lg:mt-5 lg:border lg:border-card lg:bg-card lg:shadow-primary\">\n<header>\n<h1 class=\"py-4 text-xl font-normal text-title sm:text-2xl\">Monte Carlo Masters: Jannik Sinner gives candid verdict on his level ahead of Alexander Zverev clash<\/h1>\n<div class=\"my-2 flex items-center justify-between\">\n<div class=\"flex items-center\">\n                        <a 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class=\"my-1.5 break-words !text-xs !text-content\">\n                                Jannik Sinner with Alexander Zverev inset                            <\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<div class=\"ciam-article-t365\"><!-- Article Start --><\/p>\n<p>Jannik Sinner has given an update on his health and declared that he took a \u201cstep forward\u201d with his win over Felix Auger-Aliassime at the 2026 Monte Carlo Masters.<\/p>\n<p>The world No 2 downed seventh-ranked Auger-Aliassime 6-3, 6-4 in the second quarter-final at the Monte Carlo Country Club on Friday. It was Sinner\u2019s 20th consecutive Masters 1000 win.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tag\/jannik-sinner\">Sinner<\/a> broke his 25-year-old Canadian opponent once in each set and saved the only break point he faced in the fourth game of the second set.<\/p>\n<p>The 24-year-old Italian <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/jannik-sinner-run-ends-monte-carlo-record\">appeared to struggle with sickness in the second set of his 6-1, 6-7(3), 6-3 win against Tomas Machac in the previous round on Thursday<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In his interview with Tennis TV after beating Auger-Aliassime, Sinner was asked to give an update on his physical condition and assess his level.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYeah, I feel like a step forward today, it was a very, very tough match, I knew that I had to get better in certain areas,\u201d said Sinner.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe serve is not there yet, where I would love to, but all things considered, I\u2019m very happy.<\/p>\n<h2>ATP Tour News<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/joao-fonseca-monte-carlo-masters-prize-money-ranking-points-alexander-zverev-loss\"><strong>Joao Fonseca\u2019s Monte Carlo Masters prize money &amp; ranking points revealed after Alexander Zverev loss<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/carlos-alcaraz-jannik-sinner-untouchable-grand-slams-spaniard-responds-rivals-claim\"><strong>Are Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner \u2018untouchable\u2019 at Grand Slams? Spaniard responds to rival\u2019s claim<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Want more from Tennis365? Add us as <a rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=tennis365.com\" target=\"_blank\">a preferred source on Google to your favourites list<\/a> for tennis coverage you can trust.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cYesterday, I was very tired. I recovered very good in this night\u2019s sleep and let\u2019s see what\u2019s coming tomorrow, but in any case, very happy to be in the semis.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The four-time Grand Slam champion was also asked about the impressive overhead he hit to convert break point in the second set.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI feel like on these shots, when you start with the intention to hit, I don\u2019t doubt. I\u2019d rather miss and go for it than hoping at times,\u201d Sinner replied.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is a shot where we try to improve. It is a shot we are working on a lot, even though from outside it seems always an easy shot, the smash, but it\u2019s definitely not.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday, the weather with the clouds\u2026 I feel like a bit more confident to hit the serve, when it\u2019s blue sky, for example, I\u2019m someone who struggles a bit more.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut yeah, happy that I made it, and now knowing that [the shot was going out], it was a key moment, for sure (laughs).\u201ds<\/p>\n<h2>Sinner set for Alexander Zverev showdown<\/h2>\n<p>Sinner will face world No 3 Alexander Zverev in the last four in Monte Carlo \u2014 the third consecutive Masters 1000 semi-final meeting between the pair.<\/p>\n<p>Zverev saw off world No 40 Joao Fonseca 7-5, 6-7(3), 6-3 in the first Monte Carlo quarter-final.<\/p>\n<p>Following his victory, the German said: \u201cI don\u2019t think it was still a great match to be honest, from both of us.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut as I said, this is the first week on clay for all of us; it\u2019s not going to be easy, it\u2019s not going to be the prettiest tennis.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow I won, I\u2019m in the semi-finals, I\u2019m super happy about that. I feel like the best set of tennis was a third set for me, so that shows improvement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd again, that\u2019s the most important thing this week to show improvement, to find also my aggressive game a bit more, because I\u2019m struggling a little bit more on clay than I was on hard courts with that, but overall, I\u2019m in the semis, and I\u2019m happy about it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s about rhythm a little bit. I feel like I\u2019m still mistiming quite a few balls, but again, I\u2019m in the semi-finals. I\u2019m very happy about that.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019d much rather mistime a few and be in the semis than be perfect and lose first round, you know? So, again, it\u2019s about improving.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI feel like it\u2019s going to be hopefully a good clay-court season for me, but yeah, there still needs to be improvements made.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ NEXT: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/carlos-alcaraz-prize-money-breakthrough-monte-carlo\">Carlos Alcaraz on the brink of eye-watering prize money breakthrough in Monte Carlo<\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- Article End --><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Monte Carlo Masters: Jannik Sinner gives candid verdict on his level ahead of Alexander Zverev clash Ewan West 10 Apr 2026 4:15 PM Jannik Sinner with Alexander Zverev inset Jannik Sinner has given an update on his health and declared that he took a \u201cstep forward\u201d with his win over Felix Auger-Aliassime at the 2026 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[226,249],"class_list":["post-1876117","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-crawlmanager","tag-tennis365-com"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1876117","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1876117"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1876117\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1876117"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1876117"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1876117"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}