By Sports Desk
Jannik Sinner’s coach has offered a glimmer of optimism regarding the defending US Open champion’s return to the court following a withdrawal from the Cincinnati Open. Addressing the crowd at the trophy ceremony, Sinner apologized for the disappointment and stated, “I’m super super sorry to disappoint you. From yesterday, I didn’t feel great. I thought that I would improve during the night, but it came up worse. I tried to come out, tried to make it at least a small match. But I couldn’t handle more.”
The Italian sensation’s coach, Darren Cahill, told SportsCenter, “Sinner contracted a small virus on Sunday that worsened the next day. We hope to have him back on the courts tomorrow.” According to Cahill, the #1 ATP star contracted the infection following his win over Terence Atmane. Till that point, Sinner was on a winning spree and hadn’t even dropped a set.
In another conversation with ESPN, Cahill reassured the tennis world of Jannik Sinner’s return. The coach stated, “I spoke to him briefly last night. He was feeling a bit better last night. He will take today off as well, that’s the plan, and hopefully get on the court tomorrow and start hitting a few balls… We are confident he’s going to be fine.”
The physical and psychological stress messed up the Italian’s health. But Jannik Sinner isn’t really going to let his opponents walk over him in the US Open?
Why Jannik Sinner won’t pull out of the 2025 US Open?
Following his pull-out from the Cincinnati Open, Jannik Sinner weighed in on how much he loves the Grand Slams. After all, he was supposed to feature in the US Open Mixed Doubles partnering with Katerina Siniakova. He confessed, “I love Grand Slams a lot. This is the main, main tournaments for, for my season and, you know, for my career. So US Open is going to be tough tournament, but in the same time, I’m looking forward to it. If I’m ready, physically and mentally, I’m, I will be ready to push.”
The Mixed Doubles will end on 21 August, but the singles events of the US Open will commence on 24 August. This gap provided Sinner with enough time to recover. With the aim to win the US Open once again, he said, “Now, a couple of days of recovery, and then, you know, we get again back to work, and hopefully we’ll be ready. So for sure, the main goal here in the US.”
The 2025 season hasn’t been kind to the Italian star. He was already struggling with his hip injury that forced him out of the Madrid Masters and the Italian Open in Rome in 2024. But a fall at Wimbledon 2025 caused an injury to his right elbow during his match with Grigor Dimitrov. Remember the sleeve that Jannik Sinner had to wear at the Wimbledon final? He must have been in real pain. And now, this alleged viral infection has taken away a chance of winning the $1M prize at the Mixed Doubles. But we can certainly hope for the best at the US Open.