Sinner, on his rivalry with Alcaraz: “Maybe they see me as the disciplined and tenacious champion, and Carlos as the Mediterranean and eccentric one. That’s the beauty of having someone who pushes you to the limit”

Carlos Alcaraz is having a great end to the season. Despite the fact that they were played on a surface that is not among his favorites, the Murcian has been crowned champion in Vienna and Paris, taking over from Jannik Sinner, who has not competed due to injury since mid-July, when he was proclaimed Wimbledon champion.

The Italian He continues to recover from the problems he suffers in his right knee and will not return to the competition until the end of December, when he plans to participate in the ‘Six Kings Slam’, the million-dollar exhibition that is held every year in Riyadh (Saudi Arabia), but he is also seen from time to time and even gives the occasional interview.

The last of them was to the magazine ‘D’ of the Italian newspaper ‘La Repubblica’, where he spoke about the inevitable comparisons with Alcaraz.

“Maybe they see me as the disciplined and tenacious champion, and Carlos as the Mediterranean and eccentric one.. That’s the beauty of having someone who pushes you to the limit,” explained the current world number 2.

Regarding his comeback and his future in tennis with such a busy schedule, Sinner said that “you have to be smart and know how much and when to play“.

“It is necessary to have a long-term vision. Today is not the only thing that matters; you sow today, but the harvest comes later. I want to last, to have a long career. Now I have had to stop and raise my head above the lines, but I want to lower it back to the ball. I know there is beyond, but mine is there. In that rectangle called tennis,” he said.

In the talk with the Italian media, Sinner also talked about his childhood and how hard it was to separate from his family when he was a child to go to Milan to pursue his dream of being a tennis player.

“The pain of saying goodbye to my father at the age of thirteen and a half, in Milan, because our paths separated and a thread broke. We broke up, and I was crying about the breakup, but so was he.”

Jannik Sinner has also been in the news in recent days after announcing that His collaboration with coach Darren Cahill will not continue into the 2027 season.

“Darren has been a really important part of my journey. Together with Simone and the rest of the team, we have achieved things I dreamed of as a child. I will always value it, but it has the same importance as the relationship we have forged along this path,” he said in a message on his social networks.

“I want to thank Darren for his faith in me, his honesty and dedication. He has helped me grow both as a player and as a person, and his advice will accompany me throughout my career.. “We have shared very special moments over the last five years, and although our professional relationship is coming to an end, our friendship remains,” added the Wimbledon champion.

Sinner began working with Cahill in June 2022 and, since then, the Australian coach has played a fundamental role, along with Vagnonzzi, in helping the Italian become one of the great dominators of the men’s circuit. Sinner has amassed 95 weeks as world No. 1 since first reaching the top in June 2024 and his triumph at the Internazionali BNL d’Italia in Rome this year allowed him to become the second man to complete the Golden Masters in his career (winning all nine ATP Masters 1000 titles), following in the footsteps of Novak Djokovic.