Jannik Sinner confirms how his hip is feeling now after losing in five sets to Carlos Alcaraz at the French Open

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Jannik Sinner provided an update in hip after his French Open semi-final defeat.

The Italian’s clay court season was affected by a hip injury which forced him to withdraw from the Madrid Open and miss playing in front of his home fans in Rome.

He was in danger of missing Roland Garros but he made a late decision to play after declaring himself fit enough to participate.

Though he did not win the tournament, Sinner achieved his best result at the French Open and his injury has not worsened.

Jannik Sinner provided a positive injury update

There is no greater test of an injury for a tennis player than competing in a Grand Slam. Almost a month had passed between Sinner’s opening round in Paris and his last match at the Madrid Open before withdrawing from the tournament.

After intense six best of five set matches, Sinner is happy with how his hip feels and is looking ahead to the rest of the season.

“The hip was okay. Also the match, the more it goes on, the right hip doesn’t have the strength of the left hip,” he told reporters.

“It’s normal at this moment. Sometimes I feel a bit, especially after three and half hours, but this is no excuse. I was moving good, I was feeling quite good on the court. So I’m not worried about the hip any more.”

How did Jannik Sinner reach the French Open semi-finals?

The Italian began his campaign against America’s Christopher Eubanks and comfortably won 6-3, 6-3, 6-4 to reach round two.

He was up against the French crowd as he took on veteran Richard Gasquet, but saw off his challenge to book a spot in round three against Stan Wawrinka conqueror Pavel Kotov.

After taking down the Russian, Sinner faced another Frenchman and dropped his first set of the tournament. Despite the setback, he recovered to claim a 2-6, 6-3, 6-2, 6-1 win over Corentin Moutet.

The 22-year-old saw off Grigor Dimitrov in the quarter-finals and following the news that Novak Djokovic would be withdrawing from the tournament, it was confirmed that Sinner would become the new World number one on Monday.

But his French Open campaign came to an end after just falling short against Carlos Alcaraz after a four-hour five set battle on Friday. Sunday’s final will see the Spaniard take on Germany’s Alexander Zverev.