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                               Jannik Sinner during press                            <\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<div class=\"ciam-article-t365\"><!-- Article Start --><\/p>\n<p>Jannik Sinner says he is \u2018excited\u2019 for the upcoming French Open and admits that \u2018everyone is trying to beat\u2019 him as he looks to extend his remarkable winning run.<\/p>\n<p>The Italian has looked almost unstoppable since March, capturing titles in Indian Wells, Miami, Monte Carlo, Madrid, and Rome.<\/p>\n<p>He is the first man in history to win the season\u2019s opening five Masters 1000 tournaments and the first player since Rafael Nadal in 2010 to sweep all three clay-court Masters events in the same year.<\/p>\n<p>Overall, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tag\/jannik-sinner\">Sinner<\/a> is currently riding a 29-match winning streak and leads the ATP Live Race rankings by 2260 points.<\/p>\n<p>The world No 1 was last in action at the Italian Open, where he became the first player ever to win all nine Masters 1000 tournaments after defeating Casper Ruud in the final.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI went to my parents\u2019 place for a couple of days,\u201d Sinner said during his pre-tournament press conference at the French Open.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStaying there and arrived yesterday [Thursday] during the day. I try to recover a bit. I am still trying to recover and hopefully I will be ready then for the first-round match.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>Latest Tennis News<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/french-open\/aryna-sabalenka-abruptly-ends-press-conference-top-players-bold-media-duty-scaleback\">Aryna Sabalenka abruptly ends French Open press conference as players weigh in on media duty scaleback<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/novak-djokovic-injury-update-french-open-predicts-options-end-jannik-sinners-run\">Novak Djokovic confident he has \u2018options\u2019 to end Jannik Sinner run and win French Open after injury update<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sinner came agonisingly close to winning the French Open 12 months ago during a record-breaking five-hour final against Carlos Alcaraz.<\/p>\n<p>The Italian led by two sets and a break and also held three championship points before eventually being overpowered in the deciding set tiebreak of the longest final in tournament history.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the painful defeat, Sinner admitted that Roland Garros remains a \u2018very special\u2019 event for him and revealed that he still carries \u201cpositive feelings\u201d from last year\u2019s run.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a very special tournament for me, and it has been increasingly better year after year, and last year we were very close (to winning),\u201d said the world No 1.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut the feelings and the connection with the crowd was very nice. A lot of kids, which I really like to see. Yeah, it was very nice also, the stairs up, the walk-on.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd of course I still have some, I think back what happened, but still very positive feelings.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sinner also acknowledged the physical and mental demands of maintaining such a dominant run across multiple surfaces throughout the season.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt has been a very long but very positive period. You know, I\u2019m lucky to be in this position,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think it\u2019s always better to be in a position where you win and you start to feel tired than you feel very good but you lose a couple of rounds.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI try to have a good balance now at the practice court, understanding when to push, and then hopefully be ready for the first-round match.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cVery happy to be back here. It\u2019s a very special tournament since first time I have played here.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think also the excitement helps you find a bit more energy during the tournament.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Two-time defending champion Carlos Alcaraz is absent from this year\u2019s French Open after suffering a wrist injury at the beginning of the clay-court season, an issue that will also rule him out of Wimbledon.<\/p>\n<p>With Alcaraz sidelined, alongside Sinner\u2019s recent dominance, the Italian enters Roland Garros as the overwhelming favourite to lift the Coupe des Mousquetaires and complete the Career Grand Slam.<\/p>\n<p>As a result, Sinner is fully aware that he will be the player everyone is targeting in Paris, beginning with his opening-round clash against French wildcard Clement Tabur.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEveryone is trying, you know, to beat (me), but that\u2019s also the most normal thing,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou need to be ready. Best-of-five (set) matches, they are a bit different. It gives you a little bit more time to understand how to beat a player, and even if you have a wrong start, then potentially you can find a way in.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m very sure I have very, very tough matches in front of me. I try to focus on myself.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The French Open takes place from May 24 to June 7.<\/p>\n<p><!-- Article End --><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2018Excited\u2019 Jannik Sinner knows he is the man to beat at French Open in bid for Career Grand Slam Oliver Paton 22 May 2026 7:14 PM Jannik Sinner during press Jannik Sinner says he is \u2018excited\u2019 for the upcoming French Open and admits that \u2018everyone is trying to beat\u2019 him as he looks to extend [&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-1949905","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\/1949905","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=1949905"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1949905\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1949905"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1949905"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1949905"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}