Sinner reached an unprecedented negative mark by retiring at the Shanghai Masters 1000

All the expectations generated around an eventual two-time championship in the Shanghai Masters 1000 to recover the top of the ATP world ranking was forgotten for the Italian Jannik Sinner (2nd), who retired this Sunday with a serious injury to his right knee in the duel against the Dutchman Tallon Griekspoor (31st) for the third round.

Accustomed to recording numbers worthy of the best in history, the pupil of Simone Vagnozzi and Darren Cahill now reached a unprecedented negative mark by abandoning the Chinese event, considering that no defending champion had left early in two consecutive events in the prestigious category established in 1990.

It should be remembered that the 24-year-old born in San Candido had also not managed to conclude the lawsuit against the Spaniard. Carlos Alcaraz (1st), corresponding to the final of the Cincinnati Masters 1000on August 18, when he fell 5-0 in just 22 minutes of the initial round, he requested medical attention and made the decision to give up the victory when he was completely affected by a flu condition.

Therefore, the owner of 21 titles at the highest level, who will now have to wait to regain the top of the men’s ranking and will surely undergo studies to find out the severity of his injury, registered his seventh retreat in the Tourconsidering that he had previously suffered in Vienna 2020, Miami 2022, Roland Garros 2022, Sofia 2022 and Halle 2023.

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