ROME.- Great absence of ATP Mastersa tournament of which the current two-time champion, the Italian Jannik Sinner He revealed that during his long absence due to an injury to his right knee he has had hard “days” in which he could barely move.
Sinner, who has not played since his victory in Wimbledon on July 12, he prematurely ended his 2026 season due to right knee tendinopathy and inflammation around the iliotibial band.
Sinner’s victim in the Wimbledon final, the German Alexander Zverev He has taken advantage of the Italian’s absence to displace him from No. 1 in the ranking.
“I’ve had days where I didn’t feel anything and could play without any problem and others where I couldn’t even move,” Sinner explained in a video posted Wednesday night on YouTube.
“The worst part of this injury, for me, is that I can’t compete, I can’t play tennis. Even my life outside of tennis is a little more limited, for the simple reason that I can’t do the things that I really like, because I want to protect my knee as much as possible,” he added.
Winner of Wimbledon in 2026 and five Masters 1000 consecutive (Indian Wells, Miami, Monte Carlo, Madrid and Rome), the 25-year-old Italian admitted that “it is difficult for him to watch other tennis players play” without being able to measure himself against them.
“Especially because the season I had was incredible until the moment everything happened. I went from a very positive season to a very hard end of the season, although I was very successful,” he explained.
weight loss
In the video he also reveals that he underwent tonsil surgery during his forced hiatus and that, as a result, he lost “a lot of weight.”
The Italian should return to the courts in an exhibition tournament at the end of December in Saudi Arabia.
From now on he will be accompanied, in addition to his long-time coach Simone Vagnozziby the Swedish Magnus Normanformer world number 2, who will replace the Australian Darren Cahillin position since 2022.
