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05/28/26 08:53:00
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05/28 08:51 CDT Top-ranked Jannik Sinner loses in the French Open second round
Top-ranked Jannik Sinner loses in the French Open second round
By ANDREW DAMPF
AP Sports Writer
PARIS (AP) --- Formidable title favorite Jannik Sinner is out of the French
Open in the second round.
Sinner struggled with the heat and wasted a chance to serve for the match in a
3-6, 2-6, 7-5, 6-1, 6-1 loss to 56th-ranked opponent Juan Manuel Cerundolo on
Thursday.
Sinner was on a 30-match winning streak stretching back to February and the
odds were overwhelming he'd complete a career Grand Slam by winning the only
big title missing in his tennis career --- especially with two-time reigning
champion Carlos Alcaraz out due to an injured right wrist.
Sinner bent over on the clay court in apparent exhaustion multiple times and
was hardly even running for shots as the match wore on, resorting to drop shots
and serve-and-volley tactics to try and shorten the points.
He attempted to cool himself with a hand-held fan on changeovers and put bags
of ice around his neck.
The temperature at the start of the match was 29 degrees C (84 F) and then rose
to 32 C (90 F).
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AP Sports Writers Samuel Petrequin and Jerome Pugmire contributed to this
report.
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AP tennis: https://apnews.com/hub/tennis
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