Sinner Wants To Move On From His French Open Loss: 'Cannot Keep Crying...'

Last Updated:June 09, 2025, 10:54 IST

Jannik Sinner wants to forget his five-set loss to Carlos Alcaraz in the Roland Garros final. Regardless, he remains positive and looks forward to Wimbledon.

Jannik Sinner on his loss to Carlos Alcaraz; 'It happens...' (AP Photo)

Jannik Sinner expressed his intent to ‘delete’ the memory of his five-set loss to Carlos Alcaraz in the Roland Garros final on Sunday, after the world number one missed three championship points, allowing the Spaniard to stage a remarkable comeback and seize victory.

Sinner appeared poised to claim his first French Open title with Alcaraz serving at 0-40, trailing 3-5 in the fourth set. However, the reigning champion managed a determined hold and pushed the match to a deciding set via a tie-break.

“Obviously this one hurts. Yeah, there’s not so much to talk about right now," Sinner told reporters after his 4-6, 6-7 (4/7), 6-4, 7-6 (7/3), 7-6 (10/2) defeat in the longest final in Roland Garros history.

“It was a very, very high-level match, was long. Yeah, and it happens. You know, we saw it in the past with other players, and today it happened to me.

“So we try to delete it somehow and take the positive and keep going. There are no other ways."

This marked the 23-year-old’s first defeat in a championship match at a major.

Sinner, who boasts three Grand Slam titles, entered Sunday’s final seeking his third consecutive major victory after winning the US Open last season and defending his Australian Open crown in January.

His first Grand Slam title in Melbourne came after he rallied from two sets down against Daniil Medvedev.

In Paris, he found himself on the opposite end of the scenario, failing to capitalize on a 2-0 lead.

“I tried to delete everything, every set. In Grand Slams, you try to start from zero again," Sinner explained about his mindset ahead of the deciding set.

“You know, I was of course disappointed about the fourth set and match points and serving for the match. But again, I stayed there mentally. I didn’t give him any free points.

“When it was over, it was over. That’s a different feeling, different things coming through your mind. So, yeah, you cannot change anymore when the match is over. But when you start a fifth set, you can still change some things."

Sinner will need to quickly reset and focus on the next Grand Slam on the calendar—Wimbledon, which begins at the end of June.

The Italian mentioned that he would rely on his down-to-earth family to help him move past the loss.

“My family, the people who know me, you know, now they are helping me, no? It’s a give and take at times, and sometimes you take something, no? And now it’s my time to take something from the close people I have," he explained.

“We are just a very simple family, you know. My dad was not here because he was working today. Nothing of our success changes in the family.

“It hurts this yes, but in another way you cannot keep crying, you know… So it happens."

The match-up was the eagerly anticipated first meeting of the two rising stars of men’s tennis in a Grand Slam final.

And it more than lived up to the expectations as 22-year-old Alcaraz and Sinner delivered one of the all-time great matches in tennis history.

“It’s good to see that we can produce tennis like this, because I think it’s good for the whole movement of tennis and the crowd," said Sinner.

“It was a good atmosphere today, no? And also to be part of it, it’s very special. Of course, I’m happy to be part of this. Would be even more happy if I would have here the big trophy. But, yeah, as I said, you can’t change it now."

(with AFP inputs)

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