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Sinner Retires With Right-Leg Injury at Shanghai Masters

His exit leaves the tournament without the world’s top two after Carlos Alcaraz withdrew before the start.

Overview

  • World No. 2 and defending champion Jannik Sinner stopped in the third round against No. 31 Tallon Griekspoor.
  • Sinner hurt his right leg on a lateral run late in the second set, won the first-set tiebreak 7-3, lost the second 7-5, and retired trailing 3-2 in the third.
  • He briefly visited the locker room, returned to play, then limped increasingly and needed support to reach his chair before deciding to stop.
  • Griekspoor called it a very unfortunate ending and noted the conditions were very brutal.
  • The withdrawal marks Sinner’s second mid-match retirement of the year, after a virus forced him out of the Cincinnati final in August.