Sinner Opens Up Months After Her Case: "I Think People Have Mostly Forgotten What Happened"

Carlos Navarro | 1 Jul 2025 | 18.13

Jannik Sinner. Source: Getty.

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Jannik Sinner returned to Wimbledon 2025 for the first time since the turmoil surrounding his clostebol positive test began. It all seems to be in the past: the Italian served his sentence, came back to the circuit with the strength of a titan, and gifted us with an unforgettable final at Roland Garros 2025... or did he not? In case there were doubts, no one better than himself to address them and reveal in a press conference, not only how he experienced the reception from the British crowd for the first time after his case but also the philosophy he has adopted to rise from the hard blow that was the final in Paris.

- He only lost four points on serve today. Have you tried to emulate the best? According to his coach, Darren Cahill, Sinner tried to "imitate" Isner's serve in recent months

"I wouldn't know. I wish I had John's serve. We always try to improve, but each player has their own serve. It's clear that you try to improve by looking at how some players serve, and he's on that list of servers we look at and try to learn from. Yes, I feel very comfortable with my serve right now. We've worked a lot this week on the serve preparation, on trying to drop the pace a bit at the beginning. Today I felt it very well, especially the first serve. He also struggled to return the second serve. I'm happy with the progress, although we will keep working on it."

- What has the defeat in the Roland Garros final taught you and how do you intend to apply those lessons at Wimbledon

"That's a complicated question (smiles). As a person, I know how important tennis is to me and my life. It has taught me so many things. I also know, however, that outside of tennis life is different, and that life is more important. On the other hand, I make sacrifices to be on the court and to be my best version. Last month wasn't easy, yes, but on the other hand, what I experienced was beautiful, you know? Many things happened, and I never thought I would play in a Grand Slam final like that. It's all positive things, honestly. Now I'm here. I'm here to show that I'm also capable of playing very well on grass. I showed it last year, and I feel like I've improved a lot on this surface, so we'll see what I can do: the preparation has gone very well, I feel good physically and mentally. Everything's great (smiles)."

- The intricacies of sliding on a surface like grass, something you often do

"You have to adapt a little, you can't slide from zero and shoot off. You need a significant level of confidence, and you need courage because sometimes the grass can slow you down, and you feel like you have much less control. I feel confident to slide. After the second day of training, I was already sliding, so good: in other years, maybe I needed four or five days to get used to it. It's all part of the experience."

- Your first visit to Wimbledon after the doping case. Were you worried about the reception from the public?

"No. Honestly, no."

- How would you describe the reaction of players and fans since your return?

"All good. I think people, in a way, have already forgotten a bit about what happened. This is the good and bad thing about today's society; something happens, and people no longer remember what happened yesterday. On the other hand, I have a good relationship with more or less all the players I had before. At first, everything was a bit different; people saw me in different ways, but I think everyone has seen that I'm a clean player, that I never intended to do anything wrong. I always try to be my best version, have a good team around me, and that's what I'll try to achieve in the future. The things I can control, I will, both on and off the court. It was an incident, yes. It happened. The result says I didn't do anything on purpose. Everything's fine."

This news is an automatic translation. You can read the original news, Sinner se sincera meses después de su caso: "Creo que la gente ya ha olvidado un poco lo que pasó"