He's improving by leaps and bounds," Cahill discusses Sinner
Jannik Sinner’s coach, Darren Cahill, spoke about his player ahead of his semifinal against Novak Djokovic. He expressed satisfaction with the Italian’s performances since his return to competition.
"First of all, it’s a tremendous opportunity: he’ll be playing in the Roland-Garros semifinal against one of the greatest—if not the greatest—of all time.
If someone had told me a month ago that Jannik, upon his return, would reach the final in Rome and the semifinal at Roland-Garros, I would have signed up for it immediately.
Novak is a great champion, and facing him is, I repeat, a tremendous opportunity: a match like this is the reason we train every day.
He still has a few matches to go before fully regaining confidence in his game.
After four months away, you’re bound to be a little rusty, as if missing some important little things: reactivity, reading the game, anticipation, the first step, the first reaction.
With each match, these things become automatic, like you’re a robot, doing them without thinking. For now, he’s still in the phase where he has to think to force his actions and movements.
However, he’s improving by leaps and bounds, getting closer to 100%, though I don’t know if that will be enough to win the tournament.
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