The South Tyrolean spent the family celebration among his dearest loved ones, from January 2nd he will be in Australia awaiting the Wada ruling
Old loves never fade: on Christmas day Jannik Sinner dedicated himself to his dearest loved ones: a day of celebration spent in the quiet of the family in his Sesto Pusteria, forgetting for a few hours the ups and downs with Anna Kalinskaya and borders on Kyrgios and the Swords of Damocles WADA and TAS. After the intense period of preparation in the heat of Dubai, the South Tyrolean toasted Christmas on the snows of Alto Adige together with his father Hanspeter, mother Siglinde and brother Marc but there was also another “youthful love”. In fact, in the morning Sinner performed one of his old specialties.
Sinner’s morning on skis
Early in the morning the world no. 1 took his skis and went to the Belvedere slope at Plan de Corones where he skied like a master. An experience immortalized by his friend Stefano Del Vecchio, who published a photo on social media with Sinner also tagged in the post: “Exactly one year later, on Christmas day, but in a different place. Best wishes to everyone with what we can now say has become a ritual photo.”
Skiing is Sinner’s first love
“In tennis you have nothing to be afraid of. Nothing can happen. In skiing, if you fall, you never know if you’ll break something. In tennis, if you lose a point, if you miss a ball you always have the chance to win. While in a ski race it’s different: if you make a mistake you know you can’t win“. This is what Sinner said when explaining why he preferred rackets as a child. However, his first passion was skiing. Already at the age of three and a half he was winning races (“Until the age of 12 I did quite well on skis”) and on 5 April 2009 at the age of 7 he also won the Mickey Mouse Trophy on the slopes of Sansicario, in Susa Valley.
At 13, the decision: “I never played tennis much, an hour twice a week during the summer and almost never in the winter. Instead I skied two hours a day and competed at weekends. At 13 I started losing in ski competitions because I was no longer physically strong enough. But the skis helped me for footwork and balancewhich are fundamental in tennis: if you are quick and have good balance, you don’t need to be too powerful. So, I started to appreciate tennis because it really is a game.”
The program towards the Australian Open
Sinner will remain with the family until the end of the year then he will be in Australia, where his coach Darren Cahill awaits him from January 2nd. An exhibition match with Alexei Popyrin is scheduled for the 7th, then on the 10th he will have another one with a colleague yet to be identified. All this is part of the ‘Opening Week’ which precedes the first round of the Grand Slam in which, in addition to the qualifying matches for the main draw, the best players, such as Sinner, will perform in some charity matches.
Kyrgios’ last shot
Meanwhile, again on the Nothing Major podcast, with Sam Querrey and Jack Sock, Kyrgios returned to the charge and tried to explain that he had nothing personal towards Sinner, as well as Swiatek, but reiterated his thoughts: “I just think that there should be a level playing field for everyone. That’s what pisses me off. Because I know these guys already have an advantage because they’re just gods. Take all these other performance-enhancing drugs instead. It makes me angry because I know that I personally have never done it and never will and this guy instead he’s rubbing this cream all over his body which gives him a crazy aura. Now I’m angry about this, it’s not fair.” “Once you get caught, you can’t act like a victim and that pisses me off even more.”
Source: sport.virgilio.it
