Illness Sinner, what did he have at the Australian Open

At one point, halfway through the second set, he was gasping for air. He was breathing with his mouth wide open, as if he were running out of air. A disturbing, worrying image. Something that was reminiscent of what already happened at Wimbledon in the summer, in the quarter-final then lost to Medvedev. Yet Jannik, when asked in the press conference about the similarities with that episode, cleared away any doubts: “No, it has nothing to do with what happened to me at Wimbledon. I don’t want to go into the details of what I had “. Words that cause alarm, which can make one think of something more serious than a stomach problem, a virus, or a problem related to the heat: “At Wimbledon I hadn’t slept well the night before (the thoughts of the Clostebol case were already crowding in the his mind, ed.), I slept so much here that if I hadn’t set the alarm I would still be here sleeping”. A general malaise, tiredness, nausea, dizziness. It has nothing to do with the hip or even the ankles: “When I don’t feel well I sometimes move badly – he explained -. But everything is fine, I’m not injured”.

DIFFICULT MORNING

—

Jannik wasn’t feeling well as soon as he woke up in the morning, he arrived at Melbourne Park last, and didn’t even have the strength to warm up: “I saw the doctor for a checkup before starting the match, he reassured me and I felt better. felt better. Then during the match I had problems again, my head was spinning.” The suffocating heat at 2pm was also to blame: “During the medical time out the doctor saw me again, when I came in I had a little more energy – he continues -. The match with Medvedev in London helped me a little in terms of experience, I fought both against the opponent and against myself. Having already experienced a situation like this helped me mentally and even the 20 minute stoppage due to the broken net was a stroke of luck. Obviously I would like to play whenever everything works perfectly, but It’s on difficult days when you have to bring out something extra. It’s important to always believe because anything can happen on the pitch.”