Jannik Sinner also misses the ATP 500 in Beijing due to a knee problem .
"I'm very disappointed I can't be in Beijing. My knee isn't working well yet, and I'm not fit to compete ," the South Tyrolean champion announced on social media, "but I'll do everything I can to get back on the courts as soon as possible."
The Italian, sidelined since the Wimbledon final in mid-July due to inflammation in his right knee caused by tendinopathy, had recently returned to training, but the problem is evidently not yet completely overcome.
Sinner, the defending champion in Beijing (he won in 2023 and 2025), thus loses another 500 points, complicating the race for the year-end No. 1 ranking. Jannik still has just under 2,000 points of advantage over the German, which will decrease further at the end of the Chinese tournament. But he has a lot to defend in the final tournaments, where he dominated last year: essentially, he must make up 700 points on Zverev by the end of the year if he wants to finish 2026 as No. 1 .
Yesterday, press reports claimed Jannik was scheduled to arrive in Beijing on Sunday. Today was a cold shower, and at this point, the next possible return date is October 7th, for the Shanghai Masters .
(Unioneonline)