"I don't think it's fair to compare them to the Big 3," Darren Cahill discusses the dominance of Sinner and Alcaraz

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Adrien Guyot

le 18/06/2025 à 12h27

2 min to read

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Part of Jannik Sinner's team since 2022, Darren Cahill has played a key role in the Italian's success in recent years. The world No. 1 can rely on a formidable duo, Cahill-Vagnozzi, but the Australian will end his collaboration with his current protégé at the end of the season to retire.

Invited on Andy Roddick's podcast recently, the 59-year-old, who had announced in January that he would leave Sinner's team in the coming months, spoke about the generation of Alcaraz and Sinner compared to that of the Big 3.

"I struggle a bit to compare the great dominance of Federer, Nadal, and Djokovic with that of Jannik (Sinner) and Carlos (Alcaraz). I don’t think it’s fair to them to compare them to the Big 3, and I don’t want to add extra pressure on them.

They’ve had the chance to analyze what the Big 3 did before. Even in their junior years, they watched them train up close and even trained with them.

So they have an incredible education, they know what it takes to reach that level, and that’s a real advantage for them," he said, before addressing his decision to stop working with Sinner at the end of the 2025 season.

"I really enjoy working with Jannik Sinner. The head coach is Simone (Vagnozzi), my role is mainly related to match planning, technical and emotional aspects.

He’s always tried to find better ways to improve. Having a new voice, a fresh outside perspective, might not be such a bad thing for him. Whether I retire or not, we’ll see.

But, for now, the plan is still to stop at the end of 2025. Though, I’ll say it again, I really enjoy working with him," he concluded on Roddick’s podcast YouTube channel.