US OPEN

September 7, 2025

Jannik Sinner

Press Conference

C. ALCARAZ/J. Sinner

6-2, 3-6, 6-1, 6-4

THE MODERATOR: Jannik, obviously not the result you wanted, but congratulations on a magnificent Grand Slam, once again. Questions, please.

Q. Well done this tournament. How was Carlos different today than the player that you have faced in the past, even as recently as Wimbledon?

JANNIK SINNER: No, he has improved. I felt like was a bit cleaner today. You know, the things what I did well in London, he did better today. You know, that's result.

You know, I felt like he was doing everything slightly better today, especially serving, both sides, both swings very clean. Yeah, I think that's it, you know. I give lots of credit to him, because he handled the situation better than I did.

Yeah, he raised his level when he had to, so yeah, I mean, I'm still proud of myself, about the season I'm playing and making. But yeah, he played better than me today.

Q. Jannik, when you think about that season that you just referenced that you said you're proud of, what are your thoughts looking ahead to where this rivalry can go?

JANNIK SINNER: Well, I was very predictable today, you know, on court in the way of he did many things, he changed up the game. That's also his style of how he plays. Now it's going to be on me if I want to make changes or not, you know? That's definitely we are going to work on that.

I'm trying to be more prepared for the next match what I will play against him. It also, I feel like, depends how you arrive to play against Carlos. You know, one thing is when the scoreline, you know, matches before are comfortable but you always do the same things, like I did, for example, during this tournament, you know, I didn't make one serve-volley, didn't use a lot of drop shots, and then you arrive to a point where you play against Carlos where you have to go out of the comfort zone.

So I'm going to aim to, you know, maybe even losing some matches from now on, but trying to do some changes, you know, trying to be a bit more unpredictable as a player, because I think that's what I have to do, trying to become a better tennis player.

At the end of the day, that's my main goal, no. So, yeah, I think that's it. But overall, the season result-wise, amazing. Four Grand Slam finals of the year. You know, two Grand Slams won, two times lost in the final, it's incredible results, no?

Very happy, and now we try to finish the year as strong as we can.

Q. Obviously there was a significant delay to the start of the match today. I wonder what your experience of that was in terms of how you dealt with it, how you received the news, kind of what that was like?

JANNIK SINNER: No, it was fine. They told us in a huge amount before that the match start at 2:30, so we were not warming up twice. It was all fine.

Q. How would you describe the biggest difference in facing Carlos versus facing other players?

JANNIK SINNER: Well, we have maybe more history in back of us, so you know, every match is different. He's just a different player. It's very simple. You know, he's a different player.

He doesn't have, you know, weaknesses, for example, which maybe some players, they have weaknesses. Then you try to play tactically in a way.

But I feel like mostly we have some history, you know, some head-to-heads, some different surface battles now. I think that makes it quite interesting.

Q. Jannik, normally for a Grand Slam final you would walk out and the stadium would be full. Obviously with people queuing outside, that wasn't the case today. I wondered how disappointing was that if you looked up and saw empty seats for the first set, I guess?

JANNIK SINNER: You know what, I wasn't actually realizing it that much. I felt like it was still very loud. I saw some empty seats, but I had no doubts that they're going to be full and packed. You know, it's not a thing where I was, like, worried that no people will come. No, it was an amazing atmosphere.

Q. How much do you think that you can change your sort of practice habits and your training habits to do things that are specific to playing Alcaraz in the future? How much can you sort of reprogram a bit of yourself?

JANNIK SINNER: Well, I don't think it's going to be specific for Carlos. I think it's specific for me trying to get better. I think it's that, you know.

As I said, I feel like today he was cleaner than I was. That what I did great in London, he did the same to me here. So, you know, it's a little bit like that.

For sure, serve today was not on point. I felt I was struggling a lot today, but it was already struggling during the tournament, you know. But, no, it takes time. One secret is also patience. It's not like it comes from now and then in Beijing I'm going to be a lefty, you know (laughing). So let's see.

It's going take time, and then we see. Look, maybe it's just a small thing. Maybe I can change big. I don't know, so let's see.

Q. You mentioned there that playing Carlos is an additional challenge because he's so different from playing everyone else. Is it also hard because you tend to not have really tough matches? I know that they're hard to win always, but you didn't drop a set reaching the French Open final. Does that make it hard as well coming into a huge match when you haven't been properly tested going in?

JANNIK SINNER: Well, I said the match against Felix was good for me, you know, because you have these moments where you get tested also emotionally a little bit.

But I don't think it's only if you get tested or not. It's, as I said before, how much of a game style you put in to arrive to that point. I'm a very, very solid, you know, baseliner. I'm a very strong hitter. I'm a good player, you know (laughing).

You know, sometimes adding just something, and I think that's going to be or that's going to make a difference from my personal point of view that I can say that I'm going to become a better tennis player.

I'm going to change a couple of things on the serve, just small things, but you know, they can make big differences. Then we see how it goes. I'm looking forward to play again these matches.

Something new is now I'm not No. 1 anymore, so you know, it also changes a little bit that you chase. It's different. Then we see.