Jannik Sinner’s coach Darren Cahill is reportedly expected to delay his retirement and will still appear in the Italian’s box in the 2026 season.
Australia Cahill had expected to retire at the end of 2025 having joined Sinner’s coaching team in July 2022 but a report from Il Corriere della Sera says the 59-year-old has reversed that decision and will still be part of the Italian’s coaching group next year.
The Italian paper reported on Wednesday that Cahill’s role will be reduced, most notably with him travelling less, but he will still be in the World No.1’s box for the important events on the tennis calendar.
Simone Vagnozzi remains Sinner’s primary coach but Cahill has also been credited for a large part of the player’s recent success.
The player also still has to choose a new athletic trainer and physiotherapist with Marco Panichi and Ulises Badio departing just before Wimbledon.
The newly crowned Wimbledon champion was thought to be doing everything in his power to convince Cahill to stay and recently revealed the pair had a bet over their shared future.
“It depends on whether I want to tell the truth or not,” Sinner said in his press conference following the final.
“We had a bet before the final. I told him, ‘If I win tomorrow, I can decide whether you stay until the end of the year or not.’ Now the choice is mine!
“I’ve always looked for an honest person. Someone who gives me so much, not just on the tennis court, but in life outside of it, about how to live both in victories and disappointments. And he’s very good. If I choose to stay with him, he probably won’t travel so much anymore. That’s normal.
“We’ll have to see about that too. But I’ve always said, back in Australia, that I’d like to have him, because things are going well. Now we’ll see. The season is still nothing, there are still so many tournaments to go, and I’ll still see him a lot. You never know. But let’s say I won the bet and now it’s up to me to decide, we’ll see.”
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Sinner’s other coach, Vagnozzi, was one of those pictured crying in the stands and the four-time Grand Slam winner was asked if this was also one of his most special wins. The 23-year-old however suggested it is hard to top the first.
“It’s hard to say. Because you always start from one, and my first was in Australia. Every Slam is very special, obviously it’s also part of history here because it’s the most prestigious tournament we have. And you can see in many things that here it’s very different from the other Slams.
“And so this was very special. In my opinion, what we overcame before this Slam was very special. All the talk about the 3-4 month break, it wasn’t easy. And now being here with the trophy makes it really special.”
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