There, Novak Djokovic had time to practice. With this choice, Sinner had to go down the mountain, cross alone from east to west Italy and leave his parents’ arms.
The family sacrificed a lot so that Sinner could freely embark on the new path he outlined, step by step into the world.
Sinner’s Conquest
“I wish everyone had parents like me,” Sinner said many times and repeated it in Australia last January.
He explained: “They always let me choose, even when I was very young. I played many sports and my parents never pressured me. I wish that all children were free to choose what they wanted to do.” favourite”.
Sinnrer with his first Grand Slam in Melbourne in January 2024
Sinner was lucky to be born into such a family. It is a fact that most parents turn their children into machines in the world sport.
“In Vienna, we had breakfast together all week long. The feeling was strange because that hadn’t happened for many years,” Sinner recalled of the October 2023 memory.
“Every time I go home, in the mountains, I only stay for a few days. So, having breakfast with my parents all week is different, fun, very beautiful and special.”
Sinner’s parents mainly watched their son compete on television at Rifugio Fondovalle – the top choice for tourists and skiers when visiting the Italy-Austria border region – where pictures of Jannik with trees hang. rackets and trophies.
Mr. Hanspeter is passionate about cooking and has rarely followed his son to compete in the US and acted as a personal chef.
“He has worked in the kitchen for 40 years, with more than 20 years in hotels in the mountains. Cooking is dad’s life and I feel happy about that, we spend so little time together so we try to Make up for it when you have the opportunity,” Jannik confided a few months ago.
At the age of 22, Sinner became the most successful Italian tennis player in history
One of the ways Sinner makes it up to his family is by winning. At the end of last year, he helped Italy win the Davis Cup spectacularly, before winning the Australian Open.
After the peak in Melbourne, Sinner won the Rotterdam Open (ATP 500) and most recently Miami Open. He is the most successful male tennis player since the beginning of 2024, losing only 1 match (to Carlos Alcaraz in the Indian Wells semi-finals. They became the most awaited pair of opponents, after the generation of the “Big 3”).
The Miami Open title brought Sinner to No. 2 in the world, something unprecedented in Italian tennis since the rankings were announced in 1973. He is also the player from the boot-shaped country with the most ATP titles. in the Open era (13).
Now is the time for the season to enter physical battles on clay courts. Sinner’s aspiration is to conquer Roland Garros and surpass Djokovic to win the world number 1 spot.