The tennis world was shocked when odds-on favourite Jannik Sinner was eliminated from the French Open in just the second round by Juan Manuel Cerundolo.
The Italian superstar – who is ranked No1 in the world – was beaten 6-3 6-2 5-7 1-6 1-6 after leading 5-1 in the third set.
Sinner suffered one of the most dramatic collapses by a top player in modern Roland-Garros history, putting a halt on his quest to complete a career Grand Slam.
The surprise result follows a previously gruelling part of the tennis season, in which Sinner won the Monte-Carlo Masters, Madrid Open and Italian Open.
But his 30-match winning streak is finally over, and now he will have to shift focus on to Wimbledon – which starts at the end of June.
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Naturally, Sinner’s exit – along with reigning champion Carlos Alcaraz’s absence through injury – has blown the second Grand Slam of the year wide open. Here are the latest outright tennis odds on NetBet Sport:
Alexander Zverev – 2.75
Novak Djokovic – 4.50
Rafael Jodar – 8.00
Casper Rudd – 8.50
Francisco Cerundolo – 15.00
Flavio Cobolli – 19.00
Felix Auger Aliassime – 19.00
Martin Landaluce – 23.00
Joao Fonseca – 23.00
Raphael Collignon – 26.00
Matteo Arnaldi – 29.00
Alex De Minaur – 29.00
Matteo Berrettini – 34.00
Andrey Rublev – 34.00
Frances Tiafoe – 34.00
Is it time for the ageless Djokovic to win yet another Grand Slam? The Serbian star has three French Open titles on his CV, the last of them coming in 2023.
Djokovic reached the Australian Open final at the start of the year, but was eventually beaten by a superior Alcaraz in Melbourne. However, with the big two out of contention, the stars appear to be aligning for the sport’s most successful player.
Sinner: I had ‘no energy’
In sporting spirit, Sinner was eager to not blame his performance vs Cerundolo solely on the hot conditions in Paris.
Instead, the World No1 simply bemoaned a lack of energy, which he believes is sometimes normal for such high-performing athletes in a fiercely-competitive sport.
“I had no energy today. That can happen. Nobody is a robot,” Sinner honestly admitted after the shock defeat.
“I woke up this morning, didn’t feel very well and tried to keep points very short.
“In the beginning I was hitting very clean, very good, and then I just hit a wall.
“I started feeling dizzy. Very low on energy. I tried to serve it out but I didn’t have a lot of energy.
“It was warm, but not crazy warm. I feel like it was quite OK to play.
“It was nothing against the heat, nothing against the weather. It was just me today, but it happens.”
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