“It was a great week.” These were Jannik Sinner’s exact words, despite how unlucky the past few days had been for the Italian tennis star. A quick recap: after a health scare at the Cincinnati Open final—where a “small virus” forced him to call off his match against Carlos Alcaraz after just 23 minutes—the 24-year-old also ended up withdrawing from the US Open mixed doubles tournament. Initially slated to team up with Emma Navarro, Sinner lost that opportunity when Navarro pulled out, eventually leading Katerina Siniakova to step in. In the end , though , the opportunity slipped away entirely for the two.

Of course, Sinner had his reasons for skipping mixed doubles. As far as his fitness goes, he made it clear after his 6-1, 6-1, 6-2 first-round singles win over Vit Kopriva, sayi

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