Jannik Sinner can’t explain it: “I didn’t think it was that bad.”

Jannik Sinner addressed the finger problem: “It affects the ligament of the index finger.”

Jannik Sinner during a press conference in Turin returned to the hand problem that forced him to miss the Davis Cup with the Italian national team at the end of November: “It affects the ligament of the index finger, I don’t want to say exactly what it is but I didn’t think the problem in Paris was that serious.”

“I felt a bump in the second-third game against Huesler, maybe when I was serving under 0-2. I didn’t think it was that serious. Instead then the more I went on, the more I felt it,” explained the South Tyrolean tennis player. “It is not due to stress or trauma. When it gets better I will come back to play.”

Despite having achieved excellent results in skiing since childhood, at the age of 13 Jannik decided to devote himself exclusively to tennis, moving to Bordighera, at the court of Riccardo Piatti. It was a choice that would prove successful, as Sinner is the youngest Italian tennis player ever to enter the top 100 (October 2019) and to win an Atp title in the Open era (Sofia 2020). In addition, along with Matteo Berrettini, Jannik is the only Italian tennis player to have reached at least the round of 16 in all four Slams. For him, 2022 was the breakthrough year: he left Piatti to rely on Vagnozzi.