Rennae Stubbs Claims Jannik Sinner Will “Throw a Lot of Money’ at Coach Darren Cahill to Make Him Stay

The ATP Finals will mark the end of the 2025 season. It could also end Jannik Sinner‘s three-year-plus partnership with coach Darren Cahill.

Sinner doesn’t want Cahill to leave the team, but he also understands the Aussie coach’s need for a break. For Sinner, Cahill is a ‘second father’ and, along with the ATP ace, coach Simone Vagnozzi, also is not a fan of Cahill leaving the entourage.

Under both Cahill and Vagnozzi, Sinner became a World No.1 player, lifted four Grand Slam titles, clinched the ATP Finals, as well as the year-end No.1 ranking. Former doubles World No.1 Rennae Stubbs thinks Sinner will offer a huge amount to make Cahill stay. She said on her The Rennae Stubbs Tennis Podcast:

I think the biggest question for me with Jannik is, is Darren Cahill going to keep going? He has said that this is his last year, but you have to think that Jannik is going to be throwing a lot of dough his way to stick around and keep coaching.

Sinner recently said that he and Cahill had not yet discussed it in detail. Before coaching Sinner, the 60-year-old, who during his playing days reached a career-high ranking of No.22, coached Grand Slam champions such as Andre Agassi, Lleyton Hewitt, and Simona Halep. All of these players won at least one Grand Slam title under Cahill.

It’s going to be interesting to see what happens if Darren Cahill is on the coaching bag next year, because you have to think Jannik is going to throw a lot of money at him to stay.

Rennae Stubbs added

Sinner is in Paris, participating in the last Masters 1000 of the season. He will play Belgium’s Zizou Bergs to get his campaign in Paris underway on October 29.

Jannik Sinner on which moment made him the brightest

Jannik Sinner played the finals of every Grand Slam event this season and took home the Australian Open and Wimbledon. Apart from them, he played the finals of the Italian Open and Cincinnati Masters, and also clinched his second China Open title. In the pre-tournament press conference in Paris, the four-time Grand Slam champion was asked which of these milestones emotionally made him the “brightest”.

I feel like one of our goals was to trying to go as deep as possible in Wimbledon, which you couldn’t have come better as a result. So if you ask me in that scenario, I would respond you to winning Wimbledon.

Sinner came from a set down to deny arch-rival Carlos Alcaraz a three-peat at SW19, winning his career’s second grass-court title. But he failed to defend the US Open title, losing in four sets against the six-time Grand Slam champion.

But as the Spaniard suffered a shock opening-round exit at the Paris Masters, Sinner has a golden opportunity to wrap up the event as the No.1 player. Just like Alcaraz, the 24-year-old has never won the indoor hardcourt Masters 1000. Sinner, who last year had skipped the event, in fact, has yet to play beyond the third round.

He will once again drop to the No.2 spot once the ATP Finals starts, as Sinner will be playing it as the defending champion. This year, Sinner has failed to defend his six titles, including the Miami Open (skipped it because of his doping ban), Cincinnati Masters (gave the walkover to Alcaraz), and the US Open.

After the ATP Finals, Sinner has made it clear that he won’t be participating in the Davis Cup, despite pressure from the Italian tennis community. Sinner helped Italy win the prestigious tournament in the previous two years, winning all the matches he played.

Also read: Alexander Zverev Expresses Dissatisfaction About the New Facilities at the Paris Masters

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