{"id":245693,"date":"2026-05-29T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/29\/world-no-1-jannik-sinner-falls-in-second-round-of-french-open-ending-bid-for-career-grand-slam-the-gist\/"},"modified":"2026-05-29T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T00:00:00","slug":"world-no-1-jannik-sinner-falls-in-second-round-of-french-open-ending-bid-for-career-grand-slam-the-gist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/29\/world-no-1-jannik-sinner-falls-in-second-round-of-french-open-ending-bid-for-career-grand-slam-the-gist\/","title":{"rendered":"World No. 1 Jannik Sinner falls in second round of French Open, ending bid for career Grand Slam | The GIST"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>The GIST:<\/strong> French Open emotions, drama, <em>and<\/em> temperatures have reached new heights as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/videos\/cy522zrkr7lo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">European heatwave<\/a> rages on. The women\u2019s bracket has mostly kept it cool and played out as expected, but the men\u2019s field is <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/jannik-sinner-french-open-heat-d25a4f936955e2bef58e54a68d59bcc8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">suddenly wide open<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\ud83d\ude31 World No. 1 Jannik Sinner falls in second round: <\/strong>The career Grand Slam will just have to wait. Sinner\u2019s 30-match win streak ended in dramatic fashion yesterday when the tourney favorite lost in five sets to No. 56 Juan Manuel Cer\u00fandolo, succumbing to cramps, fatigue, and dizziness in the heat.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>This is not the first time scorching temperatures limited Sinner\u2019s game: He withdrew from a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/6691493\/2025\/10\/05\/jannik-sinner-shanghai-masters-injury-out\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">hot and humid match<\/a> in Shanghai this past October and suffered <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/6995414\/2026\/01\/24\/tennis-jannik-sinner-australian-open-heat-spizzirri\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">severe cramps<\/a> at the Australian Open in January.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\ud83d\udc40 Who can win Roland-Garros now?:<\/strong> Two men have claimed the last nine Grand Slams: Sinner and No. 2 Carlos Alcaraz, who\u2019s not competing due to a wrist injury. With both out, the men\u2019s trophy is truly anyone\u2019s for the taking.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Meanwhile Brazilian prodigy Jo\u00e3o Fonseca will play <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.com\/news\/articles\/tears-joao-fonseca-wins-first-five-setter-prizmic-dream-facing-djokovic-roland-garros-photos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">his dream match<\/a> vs. No. 4 Novak Djokovic today at 9:30 a.m. ET. Locked in.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u261d\ufe0f One more thing: <\/strong>In other ace-worthy news, 44-year-old Serena Williams is reportedly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/sport\/2026\/may\/28\/serena-williams-tennis-comeback-aged-44-queens-london\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">planning a comeback<\/a> after \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vogue.com\/article\/serena-williams-retirement-in-her-own-words\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">evolving away<\/a>\u201d from the sport in 2022. The 23-time Grand Slam champ is seeking a doubles wild card entry with No. 9 Victoria Mboko to London\u2019s Queen\u2019s tournament, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wtatennis.com\/news\/3053412\/tennis-explained-breaking-down-everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-tour#:~:text=How%20many%20levels,to%20the%20winner.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">WTA 500-level event<\/a> which begins the day after the Roland-Garros men\u2019s final. 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The women\u2019s bracket has mostly kept it cool and played out as expected, but the men\u2019s field is suddenly wide open. \ud83d\ude31 World No. 1 Jannik Sinner falls in second round: The career Grand Slam will just [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":245694,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6805],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-245693","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-womens"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245693","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=245693"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245693\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/245694"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=245693"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=245693"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=245693"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}