Sinner quits Paris Open exhausted by late nights

Fourth seed Jannik Sinner withdrew before his third-round match at the Paris Masters on Thursday blaming “fatigue” after finishing his previous match after half-past two in the morning.

The night before, the Italian started his match against American Mackenzie McDonald after midnight and battled to a three-set victory in two hours 16 minutes.

Sinner was due on centre court on Thursday as the fourth match on the schedule to face Australian 13th seed Alex de Minaur.

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Darren Cahill, who coaches Sinner, said on Instagram that he was happy with the victory but criticised “zero care for players welfare with Paris scheduling”.