'Dizzy' Sinner exits French Open in stunning upset loss to world number 56

Jannik Sinner's French Open campaign is over after the world number one struggled with illness in a shock second-round loss to Juan Manuel Cerúndolo.

Sinner fell to 56th-ranked Cerúndolo 3-6, 2-6, 7-5, 6-1, 6-1 in a result that stunned the crowd at Roland-Garros.

Yet to win a French Open, Sinner arrived in Paris as the favourite for the men's title after clay-court triumphs in Monte Carlo, Madrid and Rome.

Sinner's main rival and defending champion, Carlos Alcaraz, was ruled out with injury, and Novak Djokovic is searching for his best form.

"I started to feel very dizzy," Sinner told a packed media conference after the match.

"I tried to serve it out but didn't have a lot of energy. In the fourth set, I let it go a little bit trying to have a bit more energy in the fifth.

"It was an important game, the first one. I couldn't hold. Then it went a bit downwards.

"I woke up ⁠this morning, I didn't feel very well and tried to keep the points short. In the beginning, I was hitting very clean, very good, and then I just hit the wall. That's it."

Sinner's loss ended his 30-match winning run stretching back to March.

It also snapped the streak of 'Sincaraz' championship victories, with Sinner and Alcaraz winning the last nine men's majors.

"It was warm, but not crazy warm," Sinner said.

"I feel like it was quite OK to play. Really, it was nothing against the heat, nothing against the weather. It was just me today, but it happens."

Sinner hailed his opponent for seeing out the win.

"I don't want to take anything away from him," Sinner said.

"He played a very solid match, especially in the end, and that's the sport."

"It's tough for him. He was winning the match. I couldn't win more than three games [in two sets]," Cerúndolo said.

"I think I was a little bit lucky, I feel sorry for him … he was serving to win this ⁠match, but then I don't know what happened.

"I think he was cramping maybe, or maybe it was the pressure of the match, I don't know.

"But of course I feel sorry for him, and I hope he recovers. I'm super happy. I'm going to keep trying to play my best … I hope to be ready for the next match."