How it arrived Jannick Sinner to climb the world tennis scene? With talent, obviously, because without talent you can’t get there. But also with careful planning and with choices, often disruptive, which describe the stages of growth built even off the pitch. Novak Djokovic’s retirement at Roland Garros, while he reaches the semi-finals, is only the last piece of a mosaic made up of victories, many, and ‘managerial’ intelligence.
The trait that emerges most of all in Sinner’s sporting history is a great determination in continuous search for improvement. Looking not only at individual performances but at the projection of one’s ability to compete into the future. With some turning points more important than others, in a still young career. The first was the change of coach and the construction of a team that saw the progressive addition of functional figures with the aim of expressing all the potential available.
The South Tyrolean surprised the tennis world when he decided to part ways with his historic coach, Riccardo Piatti. It appeared to many to be a rash choice, at least guilty of ingratitude. Then he moved on, pairing the new coach Simone Vagnozzi with the Australian Darren Chill. And he didn’t stop, bringing a new athletic trainer, Giacomo Naldi, into his team. People chosen because they are capable of adding professionalism, of bringing thatinnovation essential to move objectives forward.
Another key step, more recent, is the choice linked to physical conditions. Sinner stopped due to a hip injury, giving up playing to preserve one of his fundamental assets, his physical condition. He did it without losing on the field, keeping the bar straight towards victories. Health, an essential condition, and far-sighted management.
Sinner has an unquestionable talent, but he has also shown that he has the ‘hunger’ necessary to not be satisfied with the results that that talent could ensure with relative ease. And around talent, questioning the certainties he has acquired, he has agreed to explore new paths to seek results and, above all, to open up new margins for improvement. The goal achieved today, number one in world tennis at 22 years old and the first Italian in history, could be the starting point for a long domination. To remain where he has arrived today he will have to continue to keep together his talent and the ability to make the choices that matter. Like a great tennis player and like a good manager. (By Fabio Insenga)
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