Zizou Bergs responds to Jannik Sinner’s withdrawal from Monte-Carlo doubles tournament
Zizou Bergs and Jannik Sinner teamed up for the 2026 Monte Carlo Doubles tournament. The duo won their first-round match against Casper Ruud and Tomas Machac, 6-4, 7-5, on Court Rainier III.
Photo by Mateo Villalba/Getty Images Zizou Bergs and Jannik Sinner teamed up for the 2026 Monte Carlo Doubles tournament. The duo won their first-round match against Casper Ruud and Tomas Machac, 6-4, 7-5, on Court Rainier III. However, Sinner withdrew from the doubles competition before their second-round clash with Manuel Guinard and Guido Andreozzi to concentrate on singles action.
He is chasing a return to the world number-one ranking. Bergs had just beaten Andrey Rublev in his own singles second round when he was asked about Sinner’s decision to pull out of doubles. Photo by Jason Heidrich/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Zizou Bergs calls Jannik Sinner’s decision to pull out ‘unfortunate’ but is hopeful they’ll link up again Speaking to the Tennis Channel, Bergs explained how their time as doubles partners was brief, but he hopes it’s not the last time.
“Unfortunately, there had to come an end to it today,” he said. “But hopefully in the future, we can still play a little bit together. ” Bergs also talked about how their partnership came together.
“Yeah, we were training in Indian Wells, and we had some fun,” Bergs said. “We had some talks. We talked a little bit about doubles, and then practice was done, and he asked me ‘Do you want to play doubles in Monte Carlo?