By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Saturday March 16, 2024
Indian Wells – Jannik Sinner was cruising alongside throughout Saturday’s BNP Paribas Open semifinal with Carlos Alcaraz, seemingly headed for a twentieth consecutive win, however he misplaced the plot early within the second set and by no means recovered because the Spaniard took over the match by producing a shocking array of variation to win in three units, 1-6, 6-2, 6-3.
After the match Sinner got here to press to speak concerning the match, and defined that he felt he didn’t do sufficient to maintain Alcaraz off steadiness in units two and three.
“What I’ve missed at the moment was that I used to be too predictable at some factors,” Sinner stated. “I used to be doing the identical issues time and again, which in my thoughts let me down.”
Sinner, using a 19-match successful streak into the match, admitted he was thrown off by modifications that Alcaraz made tactically. The Spaniard modified his return place, transferring again within the court docket, and began to play extra drop photographs and rush to the web. He dictated techniques and didn’t enable Sinner room to breathe, and step by step took over the match.
“I used to be enjoying actually good within the first set,” Sinner stated. “Then after, while you see your opponent struggling a little bit bit, I attempted to remain stable as a substitute of attempting to maneuver round. So I used to be too predictable at some factors.
“I feel that is the lesson for at the moment. We are going to work on sure issues, you recognize, and hopefully I’ll get higher.”
Sinner says that he acquired the identical enter from his coach Darren Cahill when he talked to him after the match.
“What I stated he agreed, no? That I used to be a little bit bit too predictable,” he stated.
After dropping to 3-5 lifetime towards Alcaraz, and dropping from a arrange towards him for the primary time, Sinner vowed to enhance the subsequent time he faces the Spaniard.
“At present typically I made the errors,” he stated. “We’ve to know why, and that is it. I feel it was nonetheless an excellent match.”
