US EditionSinner Retires with Cramp in Shanghai, Djokovic Advances in 'Brutal' Conditions
Sinner retired after 2.5 hours due to severe leg cramping caused by over 80% humidity, ending his Shanghai Masters title defense and affecting his ATP ranking points.
- On Oct 5, 2025, defending champion Jannik Sinner retired mid-match against Tallon Griekspoor at the Shanghai Masters in Shanghai, China.
- This year's Shanghai Masters has been affected by heat and hot humidity, which players described as brutal, causing issues like Sinner's cramping and Holger Rune's medical timeout.
- After two hours and 36 minutes on court, Jannik Sinner began feeling pain in the fourth game of the third set and retired trailing 6-7, 7-5, 3-2.
- Sinner's retirement weakens his ranking bid, diminishing his chances to surpass Carlos Alcaraz for the year-end world No 1 race and boosting Novak Djokovic's bid for a fifth Shanghai title.
- Tallon Griekspoor said `This is definitely not the way you want to win. Brutal conditions here in Shanghai all week` after earning his first win over Sinner in seven attempts and suffering six prior early exits.
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Tennis-Sinner retires with cramp in Shanghai, Djokovic advances in 'brutal' conditions
SHANGHAI (Reuters) -Jannik Sinner's bid to retain his Shanghai Masters title ended in agonising fashion on Sunday when the world number two was forced to retire mid-match against Tallon Griekspoor due to debilitating cramp in humid conditions. Read full story
Sinner retires with cramp in Shanghai, Djokovic advances in 'brutal' conditions
SHANGHAI :Jannik Sinner's bid to retain his Shanghai Masters title ended in agonising fashion on Sunday when the world number two was forced to retire mid-match against Tallon Griekspoor due to debilitating cramp in humid conditions.Griekspoor was leading the third-round clash 6-7(3) 7-5 3-2 when Sinner suffe
Jannik Sinner can't defend his title at the ATP Masters 1000 tournament in Shanghai. The world ranking second, which will also be at the start in Vienna in a few weeks, had to give up on Sunday in the third round against the Dutchman Tallon Griekspoor at the stand of 7:6(3), 5:7, 2:3 from the South Tyrolean's point of view because of a cramp in the right thigh. The match took place in extremely sultry conditions. "Brutal conditions""You certainl…
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Agony in Shanghai: Sinner's Bid Ends in Cramp-Stricken Drama Jannik Sinner's quest to defend his Shanghai Masters title was cut short in heart-wrenching fashion on Sunday as the tennis prodigy was forced to exit mid-match against Tallon Griekspoor due to severe cramping. The conditions were harsh, with Griekspoor ahead 6-7(3) 7-5 3-2 when Sinner succumbed to the cramps in the third set."This isn't how you want to win," Griekspoor admitted after …
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Jannik Sinner forced to retire in Shanghai; Novak Djokovic advances
World No. 2 Jannik Sinner had to be helped off the court in the third set at the Rolex Shanghai Masters, with severe cramping in his right thigh forcing him to retire from his third-round match against Tallon Griekspoor of…
Jannik Sinner retired this Sunday from the Masters 1,000 of Shanghai after suffering an injury to the right leg, apparently completely cramped, during the third round match he was fighting against the Dutch Tallon Griekspoor . World number two began to have problems in the fourth game of the third set, and tried to persevere before leaving the game when he lost 6-7 (3/7), 7-5, 3-2.After a very close first set , the four-time Grand Slam winner sh…
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