Jannik Sinner dropped a bombshell on the eve of Wimbledon, and the world No 1 has given his first public explanation for the major decision.

Just nine months after hiring physiotherapist Marco Panichi and fitness trainer Ulises Badio, Sinner has parted company with the pair as he insisted the move won’t have a negative impact at the grass-court Grand Slam.

Panichi and Badio joined the Italian’s team in September last year as they replaced Umberto Ferrara and Giacomo Naldi, who left following the failed doping test saga in March 2024.

Both came with impressive CVs as Panichi and Badio had previously worked with all-time great Novak Djokovic while they were also in the Sinner camp when he successfully defended his Australian Open title at the start of the year.

Sinner, who lost the French Open final against Carlos Alcaraz in five sets with the match lasting five hours and 29 minutes, also worked with the pair at the Halle Open after Roland Garros before the shock move came just days before the start of Wimbledon.

When asked about the decision ahead of the third major of the year, the three-time Grand Slam winner replied: “No, nothing major happened. Nothing big happened. I parted ways not long ago, but it’s not affecting me. I feel ready to compete. I feel free. I feel me and my team, we are ready to do the best we can.

“So I’m here to play good tennis. I think that’s my main goal, the main reason why I’m here. We’ve reached incredible results in the past with them, so obviously huge thanks to them. We made some great job, but I decided to do something different.”

When asked about the reason for the split, he again didn’t go into much detail, simply stating: “As I said, there’s not one specific thing. Nothing crazy happened. That’s for sure not.

“We made some great work. For me the final in Roland Garros was an amazing achievement. That’s it. Look, in this sport things can happen. There is nothing incredible, no, because sometimes a player feels something different, and that’s my case.

“But again, I’m here to play tennis. I’m here to show that I can play some good tennis also on grass.”

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After losing the Roland Garros final against Alcaraz at the beginning of June, the 23-year-old played only one grass-court tournament and that was Halle, winning one match before losing in the round of 16.

But there is no dwelling on his French Open heartbreak.

“Honestly, I feel ready to play. I feel ready. We are practicing very well. What happened in the past is in the past already,” he said.

“I feel good. I feel especially mentally I feel in a very good spot. Halle was a little bit different, because before I haven’t had so much time to cut that off. Now it’s gone, and I see also the reactions of other players and people, they talked the level is very, very high. Just privileged to be in this position.

“We are working very hard. I feel like that I’m playing great, great tennis on grass. Hopefully I can show this also in the match court.”

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