Darren Cahill Dives Into the Initial Steps Taken with Jannik Sinner After the Painful Roland Garros Final Defeat

World No. 1 Jannik Sinner and World No. 2 Carlos Alcaraz met for their first Grand Slam final at Roland Garros last month. The epic clash went down in the annals of history as one of the best Grand Slam finals and the longest one the tournament has witnessed.

Sinner was on the brink of victory after clinching the first two sets of the final and setting up three championship points in the fourth set. Although Alcaraz saved all those championship points, Sinner once again came close to victory in the fifth set, after he turned a 3-5 deficit into a 6-5 lead.

But, the Spaniard held serve to take it to tiebreak, and soon defended his title after an epic five-set battle. It was a heartbreaking defeat for Sinner, who despite having several opportunities to close the match, missed out on all of them. Speaking about their approach after the Roland Garros loss, Sinner’s coach Darren Cahill spoke to the press at Wimbledon, commenting:

We didn’t talk about Roland Garros in the first 24 hours after the match because the way he played, the attitude he had on the court, the effort he put in, was flawless, and in the end, he was defeated by a better player. We talked a bit about his game, maybe being a bit braver in crucial moments. But beyond that, I know we keep repeating it, but we couldn’t be prouder of how he played in Paris. It was important for us to move forward as quickly as possible…

The 23-year-old has now avenged this loss by dethroning Alcaraz at the Wimbledon final, snapping his 24-match win streak and ending his quest for an elusive threepeat at SW19. With this triumph, Sinner clinched his fourth Grand Slam title and his first one outside of hard court. He also became the first Italian to win a Wimbledon title.

Jannik Sinner’s mindset at Wimbledon

The days after Roland Garros weren’t easy for Jannik Sinner as he had a poor start to his grass swing where he failed to defend his Halle Open title after an early exit. Darren Cahill further added at the press conference:

The week before Wimbledon was the best training week we’ve had with him in terms of attitude, in terms of shape. We knew we had something special ahead, but there were still two weeks to go, right? It was Sunday, and the tournament started on Monday. You have 14 days to prepare, and he was ready from the opening round, ready to start. We knew he had left that behind.