Sickness sinks Sinner in Wimbledon disappointment

Jannik Sinner said he never considered retiring even as he was taken off court by a doctor due to illness in the middle of a four-set quarter-final loss to Daniil Medvedev.

The re-run of the Australian Open final won by the Italian took a turn as the world No. 1 had to leave the court early in the third set under doctor’s orders while he underwent medical checks for 11 minutes.

The top seed was never quite the same upon his return as he lost to Medvedev in four hours.

“Already this morning I didn’t feel great, then with the fatigue, it was tough.

“I went off the court actually. I didn’t want to go off. The physio told
me better to take some time because he watched me, and I didn’t seem in shape to play. 

“I was struggling physically. It was not an easy moment. I tried to fight with that what I had today.”

The 22-year-old said that even through his enforced pause, he never thought about anything but returning to the court.

” I  was never thinking about retiring. For sure the crowd helped me a lot trying to push me. You don’t want to retire in a quarterfinal of a Grand Slam. 

“And I don’t want to retire if it’s only a little bit of illness or sick or whatever.”I was still in shape to play somehow. The fifth set I felt a little bit better again. The energy level was a bit up.

“But the energy level was not consistent. It was up and down. Like this it’s not easy to handle the situations on the court.”

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