Jannik Sinner has admitted there were days when he “couldn’t move at all” due to the severity of his knee injury.
The Italian has been sidelined with this issue since retaining his Wimbledon title back in mid-July. In early October, after pulling out of the entire North American hardcourt swing and the Asian Swing, Sinner decided to shut down his season in a bid to be fit for the 2027 Australian Open.
The 25-year-old, who has since lost his No 1 ranking to Alexander Zverev, is looking at the bigger picture and trying to build a career that lasts at least another 10 years or so.
On Wednesday, the five-time major winner released a new episode on his YouTube channel titled ‘Jannik Sinner Unfiltered – Health & Recovery’.
In it, he shows himself seeking medical expertise in Lyon, flying back to Monte Carlo for physio work, treatment and training, and meeting up with Darren Cahill, who has just left his team after several successful years together.
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Sinner also lifts the lid on just how hard it has been for him to be away from the ATP Tour, not being physically fit, and how it is affecting his life off the court.
He says in the video, “We flew today to Lyon; tomorrow we have some checks for the knee, and we’ll see what the doctor says and hopefully get some good news. Good news would mean that in some weeks we can charge it fully and we can prepare properly for Australia.
“That would be awesome, but I had days where I felt nothing, and I could play without any problems, and then I had days where I couldn’t move at all. So very strange, but tomorrow we have a check. I have my doctor here as well, and also part of the team, and then we see how it goes tomorrow.”
In the clip, a doctor is heard saying Sinner has “lost a lot of weight”, while the former world No 1 spoke about how tough it is that his season was taken away from him.
Indeed, after winning five Masters 1000 events in a row this year, he looked primed to have a strong final few months of the season after winning Wimbledon. But it wasn’t to be.
He added, “The worst part for me about this injury is that I cannot compete; I cannot play tennis. Also, my life outside of tennis is a bit more limited because of the simple fact that I cannot do things that I really like because I want to protect my knee in the best possible way I can.
“I’m not gonna lie, it’s also tough to see other players play, and I cannot compete also because the season I’ve had has been an incredible season until the moment when everything happened, and it switches from a very, very positive season to a very tough ending and season, even though I had a lot of success.”
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