Jannik Sinner recently featured on the cover of Vanity Fair magazine. In the follow-up interview with them, the Italian talked about the difficulties he had to ride through since his teenage days to reach the position he finds himself in right now.
The reigning Australian Open champion is enjoying the best form of his life as he continues to dominate the ATP tour. Last week, the Italian added another ATP title to his name at Rotterdam. While the list of achievements keeps getting longer for Sinner, the Italian has not forgotten about his family and the struggles he had to go through during his childhood days.
Speaking with Vanity Fair magazine, the Italian opened up on his past. He cited a particular incident from when he moved away from his family to solely focus on tennis as a young teen.
“It was tough for them too. I was 13 and a half years old, and the truth is that as soon as I got there I started crying. I called them after two hours, and they must have thought: ‘Here, we have to go and get him.’ And instead I told them not to worry,” said a grateful Sinner.
Sinner told the interviewer that he felt comfort again when he moved in with Luka Cvjetkovic in Bordighera. Cvjetkovic was one of the coaches at Riccardo Piatti’s academy who used to work with budding junior players. Sinner also expressed his gratitude towards his Croatian coach’s family.
“I was lucky enough to stay in a fantastic family, that of Luka Cvjetkovic: there were two children and a dog. I was happy, I’d never had a dog before.”
“They give me serenity… I could count them on my fingers”- Jannik Sinner speaks about his Inner Circle.
In the same interview, Jannik Sinner talked about his Inner circle of friends and family. The Italian said that he could count people who are close to him on his fingers.
The Italian revealed that his friends are still the same from his high school days. He said that they were his ‘true’ friends and despite the fame or success, they still treat him as a normal person which helps him be grounded. He added that they gave him a sense of serenity when he was around them.
“My best friends are still those from my school days, they can be counted on the fingers of one hand. They are few, but true, because they have known me since I was a kid and they don’t care what I won or how famous I am. They talk to me about normal things, they give me serenity. I appreciate it, more than anything else…”
