Sinner Says Italian Open Has No Reason to Drop After Madrid Win
Jannik Sinner said he has no reason not to play the italian open after winning the Madrid Open on Sunday, and the world No. 1 is now set to head into Rome as the top seed. The tournament starts in three days, with his first match due next Friday or Saturday.
Sinner After Madrid
Sinner beat Alexander Zverev 6-1, 6-2 in the final and needed just 58 minutes to do it. That victory brought him his first title in Madrid and made him the first man to win five consecutive Masters 1000 titles.
He also left Madrid with £870k, or €1.007m, in prize money. After the win, he said: “Physically, I'm good. There is no reason not to play Rome, of course. But at the same time, I want to enjoy this. It has been a very, very long tournament, starting from Indian Wells. Obviously very happy, but now it's also good to recover. Especially also mentally, we did a lot. There is always a lot of pressure, so, yeah, let's see.”
Rome For Sinner
That Rome trip comes after a run that has already taken a toll in volume as much as result. Sinner said he had played and won 23 matches since March 7, and he pointed to how long the Madrid event has been for him because it stretched back to Indian Wells.
The change from doubt to availability is the story here. After winning last month’s Monte Carlo Masters, he had delayed making a decision on Madrid; now the issue is the opposite, with Rome on deck and his own words suggesting he intends to play unless something changes between now and his opening match.
Zverev And The Top Seed
Zverev was the man on the other side of the final, but the bigger number was Sinner’s 6-1, 6-2 margin. The result keeps him on track as the top seed for the Italian Open, where the draw will not ask for his opening match until late in the first week.
For home crowds in Rome, that means the main question has already shifted from whether he would enter to how much he has left after a title run that finished in under an hour. Sinner has answered the first part clearly enough for now: “Physically, I'm good. There is no reason not to play Rome, of course.”
