{"id":103977,"date":"2025-08-23T10:00:08","date_gmt":"2025-08-23T10:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/103977\/"},"modified":"2025-08-23T10:00:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-23T10:00:08","slug":"jannik-sinner-makes-retirement-confession-ahead-of-us-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/103977\/","title":{"rendered":"Jannik Sinner makes retirement confession ahead of US Open"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jannik Sinner<\/a> made some interesting revelations in his pre-US Open<\/a> press conference, with one comment highlighting the uncertainty he faced in his formative years in the sport.<\/p>\n

Sinner famously made a decision to walk away from a possible career as a professional skier to try his luck in tennis, but the challenge he took on in his chosen sport was always going to be huge.<\/p>\n

The Italian was not singled out as a rising star of the game in his junior years and he has now revealed that a plan was in place for him to walk away from tennis if he failed to shine in his early years on the ATP Tour.<\/p>\n

\u201cI told my parents when I left home that if I wasn\u2019t in the top 200 at 23 or 24, I would quit, because we couldn\u2019t afford it with the money we had, \u201d he revealed in a press conference at Flushing Meadows.<\/p>\n

\u201cTraveling to tournaments costs a lot. If you have a coach, it\u2019s even more so. I was very lucky because I started earning money at 18, and that\u2019s when I felt more confident . When you\u2019re young, you just talk about a dream. You don\u2019t even really believe it.<\/p>\n

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\u201cSometimes I said, \u2018I want to become world No 1, or win a Grand Slam\u2019. But those were just dreams. The position I\u2019m in today was way beyond my dreams . Now it\u2019s different. Now I understand my potential.<\/p>\n

\u201cI understand that if I play well, I can win tournaments. The perspective is different. But if you ask me when I was young, my dream was just to break into the top 100. That would have been my happiness. Everything that came after that is a huge bonus.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sinner also gave an update on his health, after he was forced to retire from his Cincinnati Masters final against Carlos Alcaraz<\/a> last Monday due to illness.<\/p>\n

\u201cPhysically, I feel good,\u201d continued Sinner. \u201cYou know, I have recovered mostly, not 100% yet, but we are aiming to be there in a couple of days.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo should be all fine for the tournament. It was a virus, also some other players had it. Just sleeping and recovering. Nothing crazy.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m very happy to be back here. It\u2019s obviously the last Grand Slam we have for this season so the motivations are very high.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sinner has been handed a favourable draw at the US Open<\/a>, with his great rival Carlos Alcaraz having less fortune after he was placed in a the bottom half of the draw with a host of dangerous opponents.<\/p>\n

A clash between Sinner and Alcaraz in a third successive Grand Slam final could still be on the cards and the Italian is relishing that prospect.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re two different players,\u201d he added of Alcaraz. \u201cHe\u2019s obviously very fast on the court. With other players, the point could sometimes be over, but he gets to certain balls and therefore reads the game differently.<\/p>\n

\u201cNow we know each other better. It\u2019s a very tactical game. We have different styles, both in terms of our play and our attitudes on and off the court.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re simply different. At the same time, though, it\u2019s beautiful to watch, because it makes everything so interesting. The only thing we have in common is that we train hard. We make decisions based on the tennis.<\/p>\n

\u201cRight now, that\u2019s our priority, as it should be, because it\u2019s the little details that make the difference.\u201d<\/p>\n

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