Victory, glory, titles and a stain known as doping: this, in chilly evaluation, has been Jannik Sinner’s season. If on the courtroom the Italian has gained two Majors, the ATP Finals, the Davis Cup and a complete of 8 titles, the difficulties following the positivity to Clostebol present in Indian Wells in March have examined him psychologically.
The Italian tennis participant inevitably touched on the subject throughout a protracted interview with Esquire Australia, through which he recounted intimately what occurred in 2024.
“It was a tough time. I couldn’t talk to anyone about it. I couldn’t vent or ask for help. Everyone who knew me and watched me play understood that there was something wrong with me. I had sleepless nights, because even if you’re sure of your innocence, you know that these things are complex. Everyone immediately told the truth and that allowed me to play. But at Wimbledon I was white. And even after that, my feeling towards people was fear. I went to train at the Clubhouse in Cincinnati and thought: how do they look at me? What do they really think of me? I understood who my real friends are,” he stated, in an interview performed earlier than enjoying the ATP Finals and the Davis Cup Finals.
“I have grown a lot this year, both mentally and physically. The results you see now are not sudden. They are the fruit of the hard work we have done in the last two years. I am the son of a chef and I know that you do not start cooking a good dish in a few minutes. You study, you understand, you try and try again, then the final dish will be good,” he added.
Jannik Sinner and his staff© Jannik Sinner/Instagram – Honest Use
Jannik, within the meantime, is enjoyable with just a few well-deserved days of trip, however will quickly return to coaching along with his staff in Dubai. The two-time Grand Slam champion reiterated that he’ll take to the courtroom instantly on the Australian Open 2025, a bit like what occurred in 2024. Earlier than that, the ATP No.1 will play from 7 to 10 January on the Opening Week, an exhibition event that may open the season.
It’s a charity occasion that shall be held on the Rod Laver Area. With Sinner, Novak Djokovic, Carlos Alcaraz, Qinwen Zhang and the Australian house idols Alex De Minaur and Alexei Popyrin have already been introduced. After the Australian Open, Jannik will solely participate within the ATP 500 event in Rotterdam in February, which shall be held from 1 to 9 February 2025, after which the ATP Masters 1000 in Indian Wells and Miami in March, however clearly so much may even depend upon the CAS ruling on the Clostebol doping challenge.
