Darren Cahill, a well-known coach, appreciated Jannik Sinner as the two discussed their coach-player interaction.
Over the years, the Australian coach has worked with a number of well-known athletes, including Simona Halep, Andy Murray, Lleyton Hewitt, and Andre Agassi. Since joining Sinners’s team full-time over a year ago, Cahill has helped him win three of his eight ATP tournaments including his maiden Masters 1000 victory at the Canadian Open in Toronto back in August.
The 57-year-old Cahill lauded his young player’s charisma and desire to excel in the sport in an interview with ATP which also featured a video. Cahill stated his remarks about Sinner and said: “There’s no fake agenda the way he is. He’s passionate, he has fun, he’s not afraid to smile, he’s a bit of a jokester. He has got a hunger about him, you can see it in his eyes. I know he’s called the fox but he’s got a little tiger in his stomach and he wants it badly.”
The 22-year-old Italian player gave a thumbs-up for Cahill and stressed the value of open communication between a coach and a player. Sinner said: “I’m always looking for people who are good friends but I also want them to be very honest with me.”
The video then returned to Cahill, who spoke plainly on the value of honesty between a coach and player. He added: “If you have honesty between the player and the coach then they can have a much better relationship, even if sometimes the truth hurts a little bit. That’s the type of relationship you always wish to have.”
Darren Cahill about Jannik Sinner to ATP Tour. 🦊
"There is not too much difference between the player you see on court, and the person that he is off the court […] There is no fake agenda with the way he is. He's passionate, he has fun, he's not afraid to smile. He's a bit of… pic.twitter.com/y3krMYoPqL
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Jannik Sinner in 2023
WWWWWWWWLW Currently ranked no.7, Jannik played his last match on the 4th of September when he capitulated to world no.10 Alexander Zverev 6-4 3-6 6-2 4-6 6-3 in the 4th round of the U.S. Open (draw).
At the moment, during this season Jannik has a 44-13 win-loss record. Sinner has won 2 titles in 2023 in Montpellier and Toronto. Sinner got to the final in Rotterdam and Miami.
Sinner is scheduled to play next in Beijing (China Open). He will start the tournament from the main draw that will commence on the 28th of September.
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