"It’s in his head a little bit. It’s hard to deal with that and remain calm": Jannik Sinner's Agassi takedown responded to by John McEnroe
ATPSunday, 07 June 2026 at 12:30
Jannik Sinner was called out by Andre Agassi for his preparation being flawed during his exit from the French Open in a brutal takedown but John McEnroe has now had his say on whether Agassi was right in his estimation.
A reminder of Agassi's words who said that when he was playing, he never had such an issue as Sinner lost out to Juan Manuel Cerundolo at the French Open so it is up to him to now sort that out and find a way to get through it.
Sinner has been superb at times in recent months but also has this bad display sometimes in him but often he can get through it but this time he couldn't. Fast forward to the final and now it is his compatriot Flavio Cobolli vying for the title and not him.
“Sinner going out was huge,” said Agassi. ”I don’t know if you’ve called him out on that enough by the way.
“I had a body clock of about four hours when I played, and if you gave me hot conditions, it dropped to about three hours 45. It didn’t change a lot. Maybe if you gave me great conditions, I could stretch it to four hours 10.
“But [for Sinner] to go from him playing five-and-a-half hours last year in the final, to having the heat tap him in one hour 45.
Sinner flawed in preparation
“There’s a difference between being fit and being prepared, and I have to point to a flaw in that kind of preparation, because there’s something you can do about that.
“It’s not that that dude doesn’t work hard, it’s not that he isn’t fit – he was one game away [from winning] and then the whole draw would have opened up. We all thought we’d see him here, maybe not lose a set.
“They’re so scientific these days about their prep, about their recovery. I’m sure he has a staff of doctors and people.
“He needs to figure out what to change. He may need to bring somebody in. It’s got to be some form of a hydration issue.
“I know before I went out in Australia and played in a three out of five in hot conditions, I was doing 10 to 12 litres of water within 24 hours of that match. Plus my four-to-one ratio of protein over carbs.
“You have to force it, and it’s better to have it in you and not need it, than need it and not have it. I’d question his intake and if he’s doing it properly.
Jannik Sinner lost out at the French Open to Juan Manuel Cerundolo.
McEnroe sees it as psychological issue
McEnroe responded and said it is not a new issue for Sinner and he needs to get out of his own head instead of changing his preparation as he sees it as a psychological issue.
“This is not a new issue. He’s had trouble with this for a couple of years,” said McEnroe as per Tennis365.
“It is brutal when you have to deal with this kind of heat, but he has had three or four different occasions when he has cramped up.
“So I’m assuming that over the course of the last three or four years, they have been doing everything they can possibly do, whether it’s testing or food intake, to work out a way to minimise this issue. I think they will continue to do that.
“In my opinion, it’s in his head a little bit. It’s hard to deal with that and remain calm. Carlos Alcaraz had a problem against Zverev at the Australian. He was cramping and somehow he recovered.
“Sinner has gotten through some of these matches when he has cramped and we’d be talking about a different final if he had got through that one game.
“It’s too bad. It shows he’s human, but I’d be willing to bet anything that they are doing everything they can to fix this.”
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