Painful image of Sinner in Shanghai: he had to retire assisted by a serious knee injury
A more than unexpected outcome occurred this Sunday, when the Italian Jannik Sinner (2nd) retired limping and assisted by a physiotherapist due to severe pain in his right kneein the match corresponding to the third round of the Shanghai Masters 1000 versus the Dutch Tallon Griekspoor (31°).
After being crowned at the ATP 500 in Beijing, the pupil of Simone Vagnozzi and Darren Cahill was presented as the top favorite in the penultimate category of the season due to the loss of the Spanish Carlos Alcaraz (1st), aware that an eventual successful defense of the title and the subsequent proclamation at the ATP 500 in Vienna would allow him to recover the top of the men’s world ranking, ceded ago. just weeks into the US Open.
However, the executioner of the German Daniel Altmaier (49th) in the premiere would leave the Chinese event wrapped in a sea of doubts, because, after taking over the first set 7-6 (3), everything would change in the blink of an eye, suffering an untimely ailment in his right knee in the middle of the second set, being forced to request assistance to continue in the matches.
Despite fighting against all odds, the owner of 21 trophies on the circuit would recognize his condition and make the right decision to leave before concluding the match with the score 6-7 (3), 7-5 and 3-2 against him, considering that he had already He couldn’t even move normally. when using the racket as support.
The final image would be complete uncertainty and worry Looking ahead, Sinner would leave the center court with clear signs of discomfort and problems to head towards the exit tunnel, needing the collaboration of one of the competition’s doctors to fulfill his task before arriving at the locker room.
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