{"id":159179,"date":"2025-06-05T03:27:11","date_gmt":"2025-06-05T03:27:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/159179\/"},"modified":"2025-06-05T03:27:11","modified_gmt":"2025-06-05T03:27:11","slug":"john-mcenroe-has-one-concern-about-jannik-sinner-ahead-of-his-roland-garros-semi-final-against-novak-djokovic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/159179\/","title":{"rendered":"John McEnroe has one concern about Jannik Sinner ahead of his Roland Garros semi-final against Novak Djokovic"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Jannik Sinner has been dominant in Paris and has yet to drop a set all tournament.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Italian star traveled to the French capital with dreams of lifting the title, but surely even Sinner<\/a> couldn\u2019t have predicted he\u2019d start as well as he has.<\/p>\n

Arthur Rinderknech, Richard Gasquet, Jiri Lehecka, and Andrey Rublev<\/a> all failed to take a set off the world number one as he waltzed through to the quarterfinals.<\/p>\n

\"JannikPhoto by Burak Akbulut\/Anadolu via Getty Images<\/p>\n

There, he produced another dominant display when Sinner defeated Alexander Bublik<\/a>, 6-1, 7-5, 6-0.<\/p>\n

As he now prepares for his semi-final clash with Novak Djokovic, former world number one John McEnroe<\/a> has expressed the one concern he has for the Italian in Paris.<\/p>\n

John McEnroe questions whether a lack of matches could come back to \u2018haunt\u2019 Jannik Sinner in the semis<\/p>\n

Speaking to TNT Sports after Sinner\u2019s quarterfinal victory over Bublik, McEnroe discussed whether winning his matches so quickly may work against him later in the tournament.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe looked good in Rome, but maybe in the second set against Carlos [Alcaraz]<\/a> a little fatigue set in, maybe a little discouragement,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\"JohnPhoto by Dustin Satloff\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you said to him, look, you\u2019re going to be in the semis, not dropping a set, he would\u2019ve taken that in a heartbeat.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut obviously, whoever wins tonight [Djokovic] is going to make it a lot tougher, I would presume.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat will be the test in the fourth or fifth set of a match, will that come back to haunt him that he hasn\u2019t played?\u201d<\/p>\n

The American then revealed what Sinner\u2019s coach Darren Cahill<\/a> has been telling him over recent weeks.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut to me, it seems like a blessing in disguise, he\u2019s hungry, fresh, the legs are there,\u201d said McEnroe.<\/p>\n

\u201cEverything that Darren Cahill\u2019s told me the last couple of weeks is that they put in a lot of work to keep the body and mind right.<\/p>\n

\"DarrenPhoto by Matthew Stockman\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

\u201cHe looks like he\u2019s right where he left off in Australia for the most part; he\u2019s hitting the ball incredibly.\u201d<\/p>\n

John McEnroe gives scathing review of Jannik Sinner\u2019s win over Alexander Bublik, \u2018boredom set in\u2019<\/p>\n

As impressed as McEnroe was with Sinner\u2019s performance, he was the first to admit the match wasn\u2019t a classic.<\/p>\n

Asked whether the fans returned to Court Philippe Chatrier after Lois Boisson\u2019s stunning win<\/a> earlier in the day, McEnroe provided a typically honest response.<\/p>\n

\u201cActually, no, I don\u2019t think they all came back. They seemed a little exhausted or exhilarated, or a combination of both,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey just sat back and waited to see what [Alexander] Bublik had to offer, which as it turned out, wasn\u2019t a whole lot.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\u201cThey saw [Jannik] Sinner, who is playing great, do his thing, got it done quickly.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think, dare I say, a little boredom set in. Especially early in the third, once Bublik went down that break, everyone knew it was over.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe only time it got interesting was towards the end of the second set, it looked like Bublik maybe could steal that set. <\/p>\n

\u201cI mean, the last time Sinner lost his serve was against [Arthur] Rinderknech in the third set [of round one], it never really felt like there was anything Bublik could do, which would make it even close.\u201d<\/p>\n

Tim Henman<\/a> then asked McEnroe whether he was more underwhelmed by Bublik\u2019s performance or impressed with Sinners\u2019.<\/p>\n

\"JannikPhoto by Andy Cheung\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was a combination of both, actually, the wear and tear. This is his first Grand Slam quarter, so how is he feeling physically, emotionally?\u201d said McEnroe.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe said it was the best day of his life, you\u2019ve got to come down to earth after that, and then you\u2019re playing the number one seed, so to me it looked like he was happy to be there.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn the first set, his nerves got the best of him, he played the way he was capable of in one set, for 30 or 40 minutes, then it looked like he was in a rush to get off the court. Maybe he\u2019s got a flight in a couple of hours.<\/p>\n

\u201cHonestly, Sinner was never threatened at all.\u201d<\/p>\n

What should Alexander Bublik do next after making history at the French Open?<\/p>\n

When Bublik beat Jack Draper<\/a> in the fourth round of the French Open, he made history, becoming the first Kazakh man to reach a Grand Slam quarterfinal.<\/p>\n

He may have failed in his bid to reach the semis, but will no doubt be pleased with his efforts in Paris.<\/p>\n

Reacting to what happened during the latter stages of Bublik\u2019s French Open<\/a> exit, McEnroe shared what he thinks the 27-year-old should do next.<\/p>\n

\"AlexanderPhoto by Tnani Badreddine\/DeFodi Images\/DeFodi via Getty Images<\/p>\n

\u201cIt looked like he hurt himself at the end of the match, I don\u2019t know if it was just wear and tear or fatigue or whatever,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe could use a break.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf he made a run at one of the grass court tune-ups, I\u2019m not sure which one he\u2019s in, gets some wins there, he could maybe get a seed at Wimbledon<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bublik is scheduled to return to action at the Halle Open, which begins on June 16.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jannik Sinner has been dominant in Paris and has yet to drop a set all tournament. The Italian…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":159180,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4105],"tags":[4294,5066,4718,13793,4295,79,1068,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-159179","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tennis","8":"tag-atp","9":"tag-french-open","10":"tag-jannik-sinner","11":"tag-john-mcenroe","12":"tag-novak-djokovic","13":"tag-sports","14":"tag-tennis","15":"tag-uk","16":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114628633928474285","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159179","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=159179"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159179\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/159180"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=159179"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=159179"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=159179"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}