{"id":45045,"date":"2025-07-07T04:03:09","date_gmt":"2025-07-07T04:03:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/45045\/"},"modified":"2025-07-07T04:03:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-07T04:03:09","slug":"alex-michelsen-says-what-jannik-sinner-does-which-is-one-of-the-most-outrageous-things-in-all-of-sport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/45045\/","title":{"rendered":"Alex Michelsen says what Jannik Sinner does which is \u2018one of the most outrageous things\u2019 in all of sport"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Jannik Sinner is racing through his half of the draw at Wimbledon, having not dropped a set yet in his first three matches. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetennisgazette.com\/news\/jannik-sinner-reacts-when-told-hes-just-broken-a-roger-federer-record-at-wimbledon-after-reaching-the-fourth-round\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sinner defeated Pedro Martinez<\/a> in his third-round match to advance to round four at the All England Club for the fourth consecutive year. <\/p>\n<p>The Italian has conceded the fewest games en route to the round of 16 in the Open Era, losing just 17, which surpasses <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetennisgazette.com\/tag\/roger-federer\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Roger Federer<\/a>\u2018s record of 19 set in 2004.<\/p>\n<p>His next opponent at the championships is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetennisgazette.com\/tag\/grigor-dimitrov\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Grigor Dimitrov<\/a>, whom he has beaten in their last four meetings, but he has never faced the Bulgarian on grass. <\/p>\n<p>The world number one has put on an incredible display of tennis in SW19, and has showcased a shot that American <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetennisgazette.com\/tag\/atp\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ATP<\/a> star <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetennisgazette.com\/tag\/Alex-Michelsen\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Alex Michelsen<\/a> thinks is \u2018one of the most outrageous things in sports.\u2019<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2222968888-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Jannik Sinner celebrates his win over Pedro Martinez at Wimbledon in 2025.\" class=\"wp-image-108544\" \/>Photo by GLYN KIRK\/AFP via Getty ImagesAlex Michelsen recalls his two clashes with Jannik Sinner<\/p>\n<p>Speaking about Sinner\u2019s left-foot sliding backhand on the Changeover Podcast, Michelsen said: \u201cThat\u2019s outrageous.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s one of the most outrageous things in sports, honestly, his left foot slide. On grass, too. He\u2019s sliding to the next zip code. It\u2019s like, what\u2019s going on?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s got two forehands. I played him in Cincy [The Cincinnati Open] last year, second round, and then I played him in the second round of the [US] Open, I\u2019m like, dude, what are these draws?<\/p>\n<ul class=\"inline-links multi\">\n<li>Michelsen\u2019s record against Sinner\n<ul class=\"inline-links multi\">\n<li>2024 Cincinnati Open Round of 32: Lost 6-4, 7-5<\/li>\n<li>2024 US Open Round of 64: Lost 6-4, 6-0, 6-2<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cYou approach his backhand, and the guy is just sliding open stance, passing you line, and you\u2019re like, well, sh\u2013.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn Cincy, I played him tight, it was like four and five, I went zero for nine on break points, I remember, and he aced me on a bunch of them. I served out of my a\u2013 that day, just to be able to stay in the match.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI feel like against Sinner and [Carlos] Alcaraz, if you let them control from the baseline, you\u2019re screwed.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Jannik Sinner\u2019s dominant Wimbledon campaign so far<\/p>\n<p>Sinner\u2019s first-round matchup at Wimbledon this year was against compatriot Luca Nardi, whom he defeated 6-4, 6-3, 6-0. <\/p>\n<p>He then played Aleksandar Vukic and earned an even more comfortable win, with the final score 6-1, 6-1, 6-3 in favour of the first seed. <\/p>\n<tr>RoundOpponentScore<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Third Round<\/td>\n<td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Pedro Martinez<\/td>\n<td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">6-1, 6-3, 6-1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Second Round<\/td>\n<td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Aleksandar Vukic<\/td>\n<td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">6-1, 6-1, 6-3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">First Round<\/td>\n<td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Luca Nardi<\/td>\n<td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">6-4, 6-3, 6-0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<p>Jannik Sinner\u2019s Wimbledon campaign so far<\/p>\n<p>In his third-round clash with Martinez, it was clear from the Spaniard\u2019s unusually slow serves that he was not fully fit, which led to Sinner sweeping him aside with ease. <\/p>\n<p>He\u2019ll now face his first seeded opponent at the tournament in the form of Dimitrov. <\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jannik Sinner is racing through his half of the draw at Wimbledon, having not dropped a set yet&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":45046,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[17640,1479,1824,62,1464,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-45045","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tennis","8":"tag-alex-michelsen","9":"tag-atp","10":"tag-jannik-sinner","11":"tag-sports","12":"tag-tennis","13":"tag-united-states","14":"tag-unitedstates","15":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114809969492878236","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45045","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45045"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45045\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45046"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45045"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45045"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45045"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}