Sinner at Indian Wells: “Hours of work under the sun to get used to it”

Other than Carlos Alcaraz, Jannik Sinner’s number 1 rival calls it hot. And so directly after the defeat in Doha, the world number 2 flew to Indian Wells, in the California desert to focus on specific preparation to withstand the most extreme conditions. The after-effects of the match played against Elios Spizzirri in Melbourne, when Jannik risked collapse after playing two sets in the heat of 40 degrees, reverberated on the rest of the tournament and even his performance in the five sets against Djokovic was not up to the standard of a Slam semi-final. So it’s better to take action by dedicating time and attention to this detail which has often turned out to be the deciding factor in his longer matches: “Last week it was very hot and it was good for me. We trained under the sun. It will certainly be a type of preparation that we will also do in the future, trying to train in the places where it is warmer”.

THE DETAILS

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It is often the details that make the difference and this block of work was like a small “off season”: “It was like a small preparation session. Very long days, a lot of physical work. Everything is going well, my body feels very good. We are ready to have a good tournament”. Even the clothing, much criticized in Melbourne with the infamous mustard yellow and green t-shirts, was put under scrutiny: “I had some problems with Spizzirri – he continued -, I had crampsand we realized that I was wearing rather dark colors, which is also why we changed by adding a bit of white.”