Jannik Sinner withdraws from US Open combined doubles draw

Jannik Sinner of Italy adresses the group after his match towards Carlos Alcaraz of Spain in the course of the males’s closing of the Cincinnati Open at Lindner Household Tennis Middle on August 18, 2025 in Mason, Ohio. Matthew Stockman/Getty Pictures/AFP 

World primary Jannik Sinner, who was pressured to retire in the course of the closing of the Cincinnati Open, and taking part in companion Katerina Siniakova have withdrawn from the US Open combined doubles draw, match organizers confirmed Tuesday.

“Jannik Sinner and Katerina Siniakova have withdrawn from the US Open Combined Doubles Championship,” learn an announcement on the US Open web site.

“The withdrawal comes after Sinner was pressured to retired because of sickness in the course of the Cincinnati Open closing towards Carlos Alcaraz on Monday.”

The 24-year-old was pressured to concede defeat to nice rival Alcaraz after going 5-0 down within the first set of the Cincinnati closing because of an sickness which struck on the eve of the match.

“I’m dissatisfied, I didn’t really feel nice from yesterday,” Sinner mentioned on courtroom. “In the course of the night time, I assumed I’d recuperate a bit higher, nevertheless it was not the case.”

Sinner didn’t communicate to journalists after the loss, issuing an announcement saying solely that he would undoubtedly play singles on the US Open in New York, the place the principle draw begins on Sunday.

“I really like Grand Slams loads, they’re the principle tournaments for, for my season and my profession,” reigning US Open champion Sinner mentioned.

“The US Open goes to be a troublesome match, however in the identical time, I’m trying ahead to it if I’m prepared, bodily and mentally.”

The assertion didn’t deal with his participation within the combined doubles — organized on Tuesday and Wednesday in a brand new shortened format that brings collectively the world’s greatest singles gamers — elevating doubts about whether or not he would be capable to compete.

Sinner and Siniakova can be changed by the American duo of Danielle Collins and Christian Harrison, who will face Switzerland’s Belinda Bencic and Germany’s Alexander Zverev within the first spherical.