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However, it was clear that Sinner was not feeling himself throughout the contest, taking a medical timeout in the third set and leaving the court.

The World No.1 detailed his physical situation when speaking to press, but did not want to take anything away from his opponent.

“This morning I didn’t feel great. I had some problems,” revealed Sinner. “Then with the fatigue, it was tough. But nothing to take away from Daniil. I think he played very smart. He played good tennis. That’s it.

“I went off the court actually. I didn’t want to go off. The physio told me better to take some time because he watched me, and I didn’t seem in shape to play. I was struggling physically. It was not an easy moment. I tried to fight with that what I had today.”

He continued, “I was not feeling great. I didn’t vomit. But took some time because I was dizzy quite a lot. Yeah, actually off court I had a little bit the toughest time maybe. I retired a lot two years ago. I don’t want to retire if it’s only a little bit of illness or sick or whatever.

“I was still in shape to play somehow. The fifth set I felt a little bit better again. The energy level was a bit up. Today the energy level was not consistent. It was up and down. Like this, it’s also not easy to handle the situations on the court. It happens. I was never thinking about retiring. You don’t want to retire in a quarter-final of a Grand Slam.”

Sinner was then asked if there was any illness going around the locker room, but the Australian Open champion seemed to put it down to bad luck.

“Everyone seems okay. Obviously now you don’t have that much contact with the players. It’s quite empty now, the locker room,” explained the 22-year-old,

“But everyone seems okay. It was just me that I felt during this night a little bit like this. I couldn’t sleep the hours I wanted to. But these things can happen, so just unfortunate.”