The young prospect from Innichen, Italy, was never the most prolific at junior level. He started playing in ITF juniors tournaments only in 2016. His career-high ranking as a junior was 133. He also never took part in a single junior Grand Slam. But barely two years after his junior career started, he turned pro. Now he’s a player who’s already breached the Top 10 of the ATP rankings. What’s more, he is seen as one of the most promising players in the world right now. The risk he took as a junior might not have paid off for any ordinary player. Then again, Sinner is no ordinary tennis player. He won his first ATP Challenger title aged 17 in 2019, despite having no prior wins at that level. In doing so, he became the first player born in 2001 to reach a Challenger final.
The title only served to speed up his already meteoric rise. By the second half of the year, he was playing in more ATP tour matches than he did in Challenger events. His form reflected in the rankings too. He started the year ranked 551; he ended it ranked 78, earning him the title of ATP Newcomer of the Year. Sinner also won the ATP NextGen Finals at the end of the year. 2020 was even better for him, despite the pandemic wreaking havoc with the global tennis schedule. He reached the French Open quarterfinals and also won his maiden ATP title.
In the Sofia Open final, he beat Vasek Pospisil in a three-set match to take home the title. More titles would soon follow, with two each in 2020 and 2021. The end of 2021 also saw him make his debut in the ATP Finals. He didn’t qualify for the tournament but his ranking saw him named as one of the back-up options. And he got his chance when compatriot Matteo Berrettini had to withdraw due to an injury. Sinner won one match but lost the other, thus failing to make the semi-finals. Nevertheless, his consistent showings on the ATP tour and even Grand Slams have him earmarked for plenty of success in the future.
Know all about Jannik Sinner’s coach, Darren Cahill
Cahill has been a successful tennis coach since leaving the circuit and helped Lleyton Hewitt become the youngest player to hold the world number one ranking in history. [2] Following Hewitt, Cahill coached Andre Agassi, who under Cahill in May 2003 became the oldest player to ever hold the top spot in the world rankings. After Agassi’s retirement in 2006, Cahill enrolled in the Adidas Player Development Program and has since worked with a number of well-known athletes, including Andy Murray, Ana Ivanovic, Fernando Verdasco, Daniela Hantuchova, Sorana Cîrstea, and Simona Halep. He guided Halep to the WTA Tour’s No. 1 ranking in 2017 and the 2018 French Open title. In 2020, Cahill reconnected with Halep after a year apart.
Cahill was the Australian Davis Cup coach from 2007 until February 2009 in addition to training specific players. He also works with talented young athletes around the world as an Adidas talent scout. Currently, he is a participant in the Adidas Player Development Program. Cahill is a professional coach at the open-access website ProTennisCoach.com alongside Roger Rasheed, Brad Gilbert, and Paul Annacone. Cahill collaborates with PlaySight Interactive, the maker of the SmartCourt in the world of sports technology. He leads PlaySight’s Coaching and Player Development team alongside Paul Annacone, assisting the business in reaching more tennis coaches and players worldwide with its technology.
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