Jannik Sinner had to retire last Monday from the final of the Cincinnati Masters 1000 at the end of the fifth game. The Italian returned to training last Thursday in New York, alongside Argentine Francisco Comesana, after two days of rest and hopes to be fit for his US Open debut on Tuesday, August 26.
“I caught a virus that other players also had, but I hope to be 100 percent in a couple of days,” confessed the tennis player from San Candido
The world number one’s first opponent will be Czech Vit Kopriva. It should be remembered that Sinner is the reigning US Open champion and an early elimination or victory for Carlos Alcaraz would see him lose the ATP crown at the end of the tournament
I told my parents that I would stop playing at 23 or 24 if I was not in the top 200, we could not afford so much expense
Jannik’s greatest confession
In his first public appearance at Flushing Meadows, the Italian spoke of the promise he made to his parents: “I told them that if at 23 or 24 years old I was not in the top 200 I would stop playing because we could not afford so much expense with the money we had.”
Sinner went through an ordeal last year when he arrived in the Big Apple. Just days before, his positive test for clostebol in Indian Wells was revealed: “It was a stressful situation. It was not an easy situation to deal with.”
The tennis player then dispensed with his physiotherapist, Giacomo Naldi, and his physical trainer Umberto Ferrara. The latter has returned to the team
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