Sinner and Cahill: objectives for 2026 starting from the Australian Open

A year ago the announcement was made that Darren Cahill would end his collaboration with Jannik Sinner at the end of 2025. And instead, fortunately, after months of courtship and a bet won thanks to the Wimbledon triumph, the decision was reversed. Without fanfare, in perfect Sinner style, no official announcement, as always the facts spoke: Darren Cahill is regularly alongside the South Tyrolean on the Rod Laver Arena to direct training together with Simone Vagnozzi. After the triumph at the Finals in Turin, the Australian coach reached an agreement with the player he has accompanied for the last three and a half years, sharing his objectives, goals and pains. Helping the team to get out of the swamps of the Clostebol case and Jannik to start again with their heads held high towards new goals. Wimbledon was the keystone, the first time of an Italian champion at Church Road also changed the trajectory of the relationship between him and Sinner. Why stop when you can achieve new goals and objectives?

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The final lost in New York, against Carlos Alcaraz, who also took away the world number 1, whetted the appetite of Darren, creator of number 1s (from Hewitt to Agassi and Halep) who this year aims to finish the job by putting his player back on the throne. The constant desire to improve has led the team to reschedule its winter preparation. No Davis Cup to have a week of vacation and an extra week of training, and two weeks all together in Dubai to take care of every detail of the approach to 2026. And if in 2025 the goal was to conquer the grass of Church Road, this year at the top of Mr. Cahill’s thoughts is Roland Garros. Replacing the dramatic sporting memories of the 2025 final lost with three match points with a triumphal image would also mean completing the collection and reaching the career Grand Slam for the blue. The first step, however, is the trio of Australian crowns, a feat achieved in 120 years of history by only three tennis players: Jack Crawford, champion from 1931 to 1933, Roy Emerson, champion for 5 years in a row from 1963 to 1967 and finally, in recent history, Novak Djokovic, who achieved it twice almost a decade apart: from 2011 to 2013 and from 2019 to 2021. A feat that, among other things, would prevent Carlos Alcaraz from completing the career Grand Slam. The Sinner-Cahill duo is already working towards the first objective. Team that wins, you don’t change.