Jannik Sinner justifies his decision to choose tennis over skiing in order to have better mental stability
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Jannik Sinner
Jannik Sinner, the young player from Italy is regarded as one of the best players of the upcoming generation and has firmed his place as he stands in the Top 15 of the ATP rankings. He lost the quarter-finals to the eventual winner Carlos Alcaraz in the second-longest match ever played at the US Open.
Sinner started playing skiing when he was quite young and was also one of Italy’s top junior skiers. But decided to quit skiing and choose tennis when Riccardo Piatti spotted him and decided to train him under his belt. He even spoke about the challenges he faced while playing skiing and justified his choice to change the sport.
The Italian said “I’m the kind of person who really likes to play. Skiing for me at one point was no longer a game, you just descend in the fastest way possible. So I chose to give up skiing.“
He added “When I wake up, I try to improve myself, in every compartment of the game. And have fun, which is the most important thing, right? This sport is sometimes very complicated because when you don’t play the way you want, you think about it all day. But that’s part of what I chose to do, and I’m very happy that I chose that.“
“Tennis is a fun sport”: Jannik Sinner on his decision to give up skiing
Jannik Sinner further stated the differences between tennis and skiing and always felt the need to compete directly against an opponent and to have more margin of error over the course of an entire match. He also wanted to be in an individual sport where he could make all of the decisions.
He further said that “Tennis is a fun sport, you also have to look on the other side of the net, you play one-on-one, so you see your opponents, which is not the case in skiing. When you are in trouble, you have the opportunity to change something, which is not the case in skiing. I think that’s why I chose tennis.“
Sinner created history by becoming the first teenage ATP500 champion as he won the Citi Open title in 2021. He has already won six ATP singles titles, the latest being at the Umag Open but is yet to win a Grand Slam singles title. He last played at the Sofia Open where he retired mid-match in the semi-finals against Holger Rune.
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