Sinner: “I had my tonsils removed a few weeks ago and I have lost a lot of weight. Maybe it shows on my face, which is quite dry”

The tennis world continues to miss Jannik Sinner. The world number two is still out due to knee problems that have kept him out of competition since winning his fifth Grand Slam title at Wimbledon in July.

This long period He took advantage of it to undergo surgery and undergo a tonsillectomywhich has given way to a preseason period in which he is recovering muscle mass.

In a video posted on his YouTube channel on Wednesday, the Italian was seen speaking to a doctor about how weight loss could affect his recovery.

“We have returned to Monaco and now we are working every day, trying to regain muscle mass“Sinner said in the video.

“I had my tonsils removed a few weeks ago and have lost a lot of weight. You may notice it on your face, which is quite dry.. So now we are giving everything to come back even stronger than before” added the transalpine tennis player, who has recently separated from his coach Darren Cahill after four years together and has put himself in the hands of the Swede Magnus Norman.

Regarding the knee injury that has prevented him from competing since mid-July, Sinner highlighted that “The worst thing is that I can’t compete, I can’t play tennis. Also my life outside of tennis is a little more limited. for the simple fact that I can’t do things that I really like, because I want to protect the knee in the best way possible.

“Also, to be honest, it’s hard to see other players competing and me not being able to do it.also because of the season I have had. “It has been an incredible season until the moment when everything happened and changed from a very positive season to a very hard end, even though I had a lot of success,” added the current world number 2.