PARIS (AP) — Jannik Sinner pulled out of the Paris Masters on Thursday in a rare scheduling protest, with the fatigued Italian criticizing organizers for failing to give him enough time to rest following an early morning finish in his previous match.
“I am sorry to announce that I am withdrawing from today’s match in Bercy,” the fourth-seeded Italian wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter, to explain his decision which saw third-round opponent Alex de Minaur get a walkover into the quarterfinals.
Sinner was then scheduled to play Thursday in the fourth match on center court of the day session instead of being part of the night session. He would have started against de Minaur around 5 p.m. local time if he had been fit enough.“14,5 hours to recover," Casper Ruud wrote on X,"what a joke.” The top-seeded Djokovic raced to a 4-1 lead only to experience a sudden dip in form, dropping serve twice to lose the first set.
Before the Paris Masters, Novak Djokovic, Carlos Alcaraz, Daniil Medvedev, Sinner and Andrey Rublev had already qualified.
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