America’s tennis star Mackenzie McDonald threw shade at Italy’s Jannik Sinner with a post on social media.
The current world number four withdrew from the Paris Masters citing ‘fatigue’ as a reason before his round of 16 clash against Australia’s Alex de Minaur.
McDonald, who was defeated by Sinner in the round of 32 in Paris with a score of 6-7, 7-5, 6-1, took a dig at the young tennis star in a post on the social media platform Instagram with the caption: “Who isn’t fatigued out here…. Would’ve loved to play today but too good last night”.
Sinner's withdrawal from the competition drew criticism of the overall management of the Paris Masters.
The 22-year-old will now turn his attention to the last major tournament on the ATP calendar — the Finals — which will be played in Turin in November.
Sinner is having a more than decent year at the highest level this year. He won four ATP titles in 2023.
His most recent triumph came in Vienna where he defeated the current world number three Russia’s Daniil Medvedev in the final with a score of 7-6, 4-6, 6-3.
Other than that, he also won the titles in Montpellier in February, Toronto in August and Beijing in October.
3 - Jannik Sinner is now only the third Italian since 1990 to claim 50 ATP Masters 1000 wins. Sinner is the quickest to achieve the feat (73 matches) in comparison to Fabio Fognini (115) and Andreas Seppi (114). Rush. #RolexParisMasters | @janniksin @RolexPMasters @atptour
