Three months is a long enough time, which can allow Jannik Sinner to improve further from several points of view. The world No. 1 has not played since winning the Australian Open for the second time in a row, having decided to skip the Rotterdam ATP 500 and having reached an agreement with WADA just days before the Doha ATP 500.
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The 23-year-old from Sesto Pusteria who recently skied with some friends and participated in a Gucci event will resume training this weekend together with his fitness coach Marco Panichi and his physiotherapist Ulises Badio.
The Italian ace's goal is to continue to grow, especially from an athletic point of view, so that he will be in top form when he returns to action in Rome in May. It's no secret that his main goal is Roland Garros after winning the first Major of the new season, which sealed his ultimate superiority over all opponents on the hard courts.
Sinner will do specific work
If he wants to win the French Open on red clay where he stopped in the semifinals against Carlos Alcaraz last year Jannik must take a further step from a physical point of view to be brilliant even in matches that exceed four hours.
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If Sinner still has a weakness it is his resistance in the matches that end in the fifth set, as evidenced by his career balance so far.
Especially in the first part of this forced stop from official tournaments, the 3-time Grand Slam champion will work on the athletic level and will play very little tennis (even less than an hour a day).
Another important aspect will be the Italian's ability to stay motivated for a fairly long period of time, in which he will miss four Masters 1000 despite having had no direct fault in the doping case that concerned him.
The world number 1 will have to use all his mental strength to overcome this challenge and become an even better player.
