Sinner retires to Roland Garros 2022: Rublev qualified for the quarterfinals

One click, the grimace of pain and Jannik bent on his knees. It practically ends at that moment on Roland Garros from Jannik Sinner, forced to withdraw in the round of 16 match against Andrey Rublev because of a left knee problem, the same accused in the previous match with McDonald. The blue had dominated the first set, taking a shot at the seventh-seeded, for a 6-1 half hour that had made us dream. The problem was revealed after a few games of the second set: treated by the physiotherapist, Sinner also took an analgesic, which however never worked.

Since then, the 20-year-old from South Tyrol has played with his heart, failing to load on the left leg. Rublev broke in the tenth game, bringing the match into a draw. Many exchanges of glances with coach Simone Vagnozzi, before raising the white flag after having suffered a break playing from a standstill, at the beginning of the third set. AND’ yet another physical problem of 2022 for the unfortunate Italian, who between Covid, flu, blisters and knee did the injury collections this season. To evaluate now the extent of the trouble, with the season on the grass e Wimbledon almost upon us.

Sinner: “Now I have to decide what to do”

At the end of the game, our correspondent in Paris Angelo Mangiante heard the blue, certainly regretted the knee problem that forced him to forfeit, not the first this season: “I was playing well, then the pain in my left knee prevented me from continuing, “Sinner said. “I couldn’t, the game no longer made sense. Now we have to decide what to do. If I have to invest in the physical I will do it, at the cost of stopping. I’m not satisfied with going out in the round of 16, I want to win tournaments. It was a season in which I lost a few games, but I never made it to the semifinals. I hope they will arrive in the second half of the season, but today I am so disappointed that I am speechless. It really burns a lot “

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