Jannik Sinner reveals the biggest regret of his stellar 2024 season
Jannik Sinner opens up about his biggest regret of the 2024 season, clarifying that it wasn’t the failed drug test, despite the significant impact it had on his reputation.
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Jannik Sinner enjoyed a stunning breakthrough this season after claiming two Grand Slam titles and finishing as World No.1 in the ATP rankings. Despite the Italian’s consistent display on the court, he has revealed his biggest regret of the 2024 season.
The 23-year-old began the season brilliantly and then overtook Novak Djokovic to become the World No.1 in June. However, a few days after winning the Cincinnati Open, the International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) announced his failed drug test back in March. That led to several controversies around the impartial treatment of the case different from several players caught in the same situation.
The doping case is set to rumble into 2025 after the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) appealed against the ITIA decision and are demanding a two or three ban on Sinner. Notwithstanding, that’s not Sinner’s biggest regret this season. He revealed during a recent interview that it was his loss to Daniil Medvedev in the quarterfinals of the 2024 Wimbledon.
If I look back, Wimbledon is the tournament where I left the most regrets. I had played very well until the match with Medvedev… It went like this, our sport is unpredictable. For next year we’ll see: no one knows the future. .
Jannik Sinner said via Corriere della SeraIn
In the aforementioned loss, Sinner was ill on the day of that match and later confessed that it was due to the pressure he was feeling as he batted hard to clear his name from the doping saga.
Jannik Sinner opens up about how the severe accident of Formula 1 icon changed his life
Jannik Sinner has been enjoying his off-season vacation, and last weekend, he was at the Formula 1 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. He was also invited to wave the checkered flag and tag along in a road car with the Scuderia’s Charles Leclerc.
However, during the same interview, he revealed how F1 legend Michael Schumacher‘s tragic skiing accident taught him never to take anything for granted. The Ferrari star Schumacher suffered severe brain damage in December 2013 while skiing at the Maribel resort in the French Alps. Sinner, who loved skiing as a youth, admitted that Schumacher’s accident changed his life.
Even as a child, I always followed F1, but I had never been to a live race. The first memory is of Schumacher. When he had his skiing accident, it was a huge blow for me. That episode made me realize that life can change in a second. Never take anything for granted; you have to live one day at a time and enjoy it with a purpose.
Jannik Sinner said
Sinner will open his 2025 season at the Australian Open in Melbourne. The Italian ace won the title in January this year and will hope to defend it when the Grand Slam tournament starts on January 12.
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