Jannik Sinner, leader of Italy in winning its second consecutive Davis Cup, He let off steam in Malaga.
“Coming back as defending champions and winning again is one of the best feelings I think we have had,” acknowledged the world number one, after achieving the definitive point in Spain against the Netherlands to give the Salad Bowl to his team.
“I gave my 100% to the entire team. There is a lot of work behind the scenes that they can’t see. Very difficult decisions for Filippo Volandri, too. “So we are very happy to lift this trophy and, of course, to go into preseason with a lot of confidence,” continued the 23-year-old. He closed the year with a 73-6 record.
Was it harder to win last year, where you eliminated Novak Djokovic’s Serbia in the semifinals?: “It’s difficult to compare. Last year we played one more doubles in the semifinals and it is not easy to recover for the next day. Not playing doubles in the semi-finals made a big difference for this final.”
But it was also questioned about double positive for clostebol dopinga fact that he appealed and ended up winning by alleging that it was a mistake by his masseuse, already fired, for applying a spray to heal wounds that contained said substance. The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has requested a ban of one to two years for the Italian and the case is not yet closed.
“Of course it’s a little bit in my head. We had three hearings that went positively. So I hope the next one comes out too. But the most important part is that all the people who are around me and know me trust me. That’s also the reason why I continued to play at the level I had,” Sinner said.
“Of course I had some ups and downs, and anyone who knows me knows that I was emotionally a little depressed and a little disheartened.but sometimes life gives you difficulties and you just have to endure it,” he added about his most complicated stage of a year that closed with a 17-5 record against Top 10 players.
“I’ll work with them like I did the previous three times, and then we’ll see what comes out. Everything I can control, I can control. And then we’ll see. But now, a little free time, which was a very long season,” concluded the great protagonist of the year 2024.
