Darren Cahill has a chance to redeem himself ahead of Jannik Sinner’s fourth-round match with Andrey Rublev

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Jannik Sinner booked his place in the fourth round of the French Open with a dominant win.

The world number one began his Roland Garros campaign with a convincing win in his opening match, advancing past home-favorite Arthur Rinderknech, 6-4, 6-3, 7-5.

Taking on another Frenchman in the second round, Sinner beat Richard Gasquet, 6-3, 6-0, 6-4, sending the 38-year-old into retirement.

It was in the third round, however, that Sinner produced his best performance of the tournament, dominating Jiri Lehecka, 6-0, 6-1, 6-2.

After such an impressive display, you’d expect the Sinner camp to be full of smiles tonight, although coach Darren Cahill may be careful of celebrating too much after what happened in Rome just two weeks ago.

Darren Cahill has a chance to redeem himself by ‘resetting’ Jannik Sinner after dominant win

Earlier this month, at the Italian Open, Sinner eased past Casper Ruud, 6-0, 6-1, in his quarterfinal match.

Fans around the world applauded the Italian for his efforts, as he completely outclassed the Madrid Open champion on Stadio Centrale.

Many expected Sinner to carry that momentum forward to his semi-final match with Tommy Paul, but were shocked by what happened during the first set.

The American stunned the Rome crowd into silence, taking the first set 6-1 against the world number one.

Sinner eventually recovered to win in three sets, 1-6, 6-0, 6-3, making his way through to the final.

After the match, Sinner’s coach Cahill admitted he made a mistake not forcing the Italian to reset after his world-class performance against Ruud.

“Maybe [it was] my fault, a little bit as well, because you don’t really know as a coach how to prepare your player after they play so well,” said Cahill.

“It’s like winning a tournament. Maybe I should have reset him a little bit, like Formula One, back to the start of the grid.

“Alright, this is a new match, new tournament, don’t worry about what you did last night, you have to go out there and start from scratch again.

“I didn’t do that because I wanted to see if he could just keep the ball rolling in that fashion, and it didn’t, and Jannik [Sinner], to his credit, was the one who made the adjustments along with Simone [Vagnozzi]. I thought he did an incredible job of turning that around.”

Cahill would be wise to remember his comments from two weeks ago as Sinner finds himself in a similar position following his win over Lehecka.

When the number one seed returns to the court for his fourth-round match against Andrey Rublev, the crowd will no doubt expect him to produce another dominant display.

The Australian now has a golden opportunity to rectify the errors he made in Rome by helping Sinner reset before his next match, putting the win over Lehecka to the back of his mind.

Jannik Sinner and Andrey Rublev’s head-to-head record

Sinner will need to be firing on all cylinders if he wants to beat Rublev, a man who has enjoyed success against the Italian in the past.

Despite trailing the head-to-head 6-3, Rublev will take confidence from his three wins, knowing he is the last player not named Carlos Alcaraz to beat Sinner on the ATP Tour.

He did so at the Canadian Open last August, battling to a three-set win in the quarterfinals.

Rublev also beat Sinner in their one previous meeting at the French Open, advancing through to the quarterfinals in 2022 when the 23-year-old retired with an injury.

Only time will tell who will come out on top in their tenth career meeting, but it will certainly be worth tuning in for.

Sinner and Rublev will face off for a place in the 2025 French Open quarterfinals on Monday, June 2.