Darren Cahill Opens Up About Jannik Sinner’s Relentless Desire to “Show Up in Big Tournaments”

Jannik Sinner has reached the final of every big tournament he has competed in this season, including three Grand Slams.

Darren Cahill Opens Up About Jannik Sinner’s Relentless Desire to “Show Up in Big Tournaments”

Jannik Sinner, Darren Cahill (Image via X/Jannik Sinner HQ)

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Jannik Sinner has now spent 14 consecutive months at the top of the men’s rankings and holds over 3,000 points lead above World No.2 Carlos Alcaraz. The Italian star has also been the most consistent player on tour and always plays his best tennis in big tournaments, particularly in Grand Slam events.

The 23-year-old has won four of the past seven Grand Slams on tour. He has also been to all three major tournament finals played this season. He reached the Australian Open final and claimed the title after beating Alexander Zverev. After serving a three-month suspension, he returned to tour and reached the Roland Garros final.

Even though it was just his third tournament since returning from suspension, the 23-year-old still produced outstanding tennis but couldn’t win the title as he fell to Alcaraz in five sets. However, he got his revenge at the Wimbledon Championships, beating the Spaniard to win his first grass-court Grand Slam.

Nonetheless, Sinner’s transformation on the court cannot be written without Darren Cahill, whom he appointed as his coach in 2022. Since their partnership began, Sinner has claimed four Grand Slams and four Masters 1000 titles, which are classified as big titles. This season, the World No.1 has been to the final of all the big tournaments he has competed in.

In an interview with ATP, Cahill revealed that he’s proud of how far he and Sinner’s coaching team have developed the 23-year-old. He added that the current good results on the court are a reflection of two years’ work together in practice:

That’s why we are so proud as coaches, because all that work you’ve been doing for the past three years eventually shows up in a big match, at a big tournament, for him to be able to get through and win that match. So it’s not just four or five days when you can make those big changes. It’s the combination of a year or two of just pushing him day to day and making sure we continue to work on those things.

At the ongoing Cincinnati Open, Sinner booked his place in the fourth round after a hard-fought 6-2, 7-6(6) win over Gabriel Diallo. The defending champion is now aiming to win the tournament, which will be his first since lifting the Wimbledon Championships last month. Also, he’s ten wins away from hitting 300 tour-level match victories in his career.

Darren Cahill says Jannik Sinner has become a “competition animal”

Jannik Sinner has lost only three matches this season, two of which came against Carlos Alcaraz during the clay-court season. The other loss was against Alexander Bublik in the third round of the Terra Wortmann Open. He’s currently unbeaten in nine consecutive matches and holds a 23-match winning streak on hard courts.

Darren Cahill Served with Andy Roddick
Darren Cahill (image via Served with Andy Roddick) Jannik Sinner (image via X)

He’s by far the most consistent player in the men’s circuit for the past two seasons. During the aforementioned interview, Darren Cahill said Sinner has become a competitive animal on the court:

Then his questions came, one after the other…It’s typical of him. He wants to compete. He’s a competition animal. We’re seeing an incredible level of tennis at the moment, with Carlos [Alcaraz] and Jannik. If you look at their body of work over the past couple of years, they’ve separated themselves from the field. Now it’s up to the field to chase.

Sinner will face Adrian Mannarino in the fourth round of the Cincinnati Open. The Frenchman stunned Tommy Paul in the third round on Monday (August 11), coming from a set down to beat the 13th seed. However, Sinner leads the Frenchman 3-0 in their head-to-head record and they last met in 2023.

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