Caroline Wozniacki: Sinner Falls in 2nd Round at Roland Garros
caroline wozniacki aside, the result at Roland Garros was the one that mattered: Jannik Sinner, the world No. 1, went out in the French Open’s second round to Juan Manuel Cerúndolo of Argentina. Sinner led 6-3, 6-2, 5-2 before his level dropped and the match turned.
The loss ended a 30-match winning streak and removed the top seed from the tournament early. Sinner said in a news conference that he woke up not feeling very well, then grew dizzy and felt cramps run up his legs when he was four points from the third round.
Roland Garros Heat and Sinner
Temperatures at Roland Garros were around 90 degrees on Thursday, and that was enough to shape the day without triggering the French Open heat rule. The rule is based on Wet Bulb Globe Temperature, and a French Tennis Federation spokesperson said around 90 degrees was not sufficient for it to be activated.
Under that system, if the Wet Bulb Globe Temperature reaches 86 degrees or higher, 10-minute breaks can be inserted between the second and third sets for women’s matches and between the third and fourth sets for men’s matches. If the temperature hits 90 degrees, outdoor matches are suspended. There have been no suspensions at the French Open this year.
Cerúndolo Overcomes Sinner
Cerúndolo, ranked No. 56, finished the job after Sinner’s level dropped. The score line had already put Sinner in control, but the Argentine kept pressing as the top-ranked player’s legs tightened and his movement faltered late in the match.
The defeat fits a pattern that has followed Sinner through his rise: he has been more vulnerable when it is hotter. He also won the BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells in March on a baking hot day against Daniil Medvedev, but Thursday in Paris produced the opposite outcome.
For Sinner, the exit leaves one major takeaway from a tournament already being tested by heat: the world No. 1 did not survive a second-round match he had led by two sets and a break, and Paris kept playing through conditions that were hot enough to tighten every rally.
