CHINA OPEN

September 30, 2025

Jannik Sinner

Press Conference

J. SINNER/A. De Minaur

6-4, 4-6, 6-2

THE MODERATOR: Congratulations, Jannik. The third time in Beijing and the third final. How are you feeling right now? Is there any differences in how you feel about each final here?

JANNIK SINNER: Yes, I feel like it's obviously great to be again in a final. It's a special, special place to be. Yeah, it's a lot of effort, a lot of tough matches, as we saw today. I'm even more happy to play here again the finals.

Every year's different. I'm very happy. Let's see what's coming tomorrow.

THE MODERATOR: Questions, please.

Q. How are you physically? At one stage looked like you went down hard on your left leg. At the end it looked like there was maybe some cramping going on. What is the situation?

JANNIK SINNER: Yeah, no, it's nothing serious. I had some diarrhea the last couple of days. I lost some liquids. But I feel good. Was also a bit of tension. The mix of tension and the past couple days were not easy.

But yeah, I'm feeling good. No concerns for tomorrow. It's all safe.

Q. Talking through the match a little bit, what made the difference in the second set in terms of what Alex was able to do to take you to a third? How important were the first couple of games there in the third set, saving the break points?

JANNIK SINNER: Yeah, was key moment for sure in the third set. When you break and hold serve, it's good. Then I tried to stay a bit more aggressive, which it worked very well in the third set.

But in the second set he had some chances. Couldn't use them before. Then I had my chances. I couldn't use them. It was a very even match. He was playing great tennis. I feel like we both were playing some great tennis. Was very physical.

All things considered, I'm very happy about today's level and match. Yeah, small ups and downs, which is normal. Generally talking, I'm very happy.

Q. Taylor Fritz and Carlos Alcaraz just started their final in Tokyo. When we have two 500 tournaments in the same week, how much do you follow what happens in Tokyo, or you're totally focused on your job here?

JANNIK SINNER: No, I watch matches. Not only here, but also in other tournaments. As I would say, I like to watch tennis. I'm mostly a tennis fan. I watch every match. It's good.

I've never been in Tokyo, so I don't know. Seems the condition for how it plays, like in TV, seems a little bit different to here.

But yeah, I do follow.