Jannik Sinner was defeated by Stefanos Tsitsipas 4-6, 6-3, 4-6 in the semi-finals of the Monte-Carlo Masters and while he also said that his injury was cramp, he also showed a lack of wanting to criticise any sort of line-call that went against him.
During the defeat which saw Sinner lose for only the second time this season, the Italian had a dodgy line-call against him which has been a theme of this week in Monte-Carlo and his simple response was mistakes happen and that he also makes them. He said that this was likely a legacy in him cramping up which set off a domino effect.
“No, it happened. You know, you cannot do nothing anymore. It's already the past. I mean, it's tough to accept this, yes. It's tough, a tough one to swallow, because, I was playing at some point great tennis. I was playing well. Tactically everything went in the right direction," said Sinner.
"Everyone can make mistakes unfortunately or fortunately. You know, also I can make mistakes. And it went like this. Then after to having cramps, it's a consequence of most likely of this what happened, because it also goes in the nervous side of the brain (smiling), and then after, it's not easy to play. I tried my best still. Stefanos raised the level, but when the momentum changes, it goes like this. This is the fun part of tennis.”
Jannik Sinner on the bad line call that went against him in Tsitsipas match, ‘Everyone can make mistakes, I also can make mistakes’ “No, it happened. You know, you cannot do nothing anymore. It's already the past. I mean, it's tough to accept this, yes. It's tough, a tough one…
