Brad Gilbert has rubbished reports that Jannik Sinner’s coach Darren Cahill will not be working with the Italian at the 2025 US Open.
On Friday, Italian newspaper la Repubblica reported that Simone Vagnozzi would be Sinner’s only coach at the New York Grand Slam as they claimed Cahill will take “a short break.”
Sinner has been coached by former Italian player Vagnozzi since February 2022, while Cahill joined the team in July 2022.
The coaching unit has been hugely successful, with Sinner winning four of the last seven Grand Slams and holding the world No 1 ranking since June 2024.
Gilbert, a former coach of Andre Agassi, Andy Roddick and Coco Gauff, works alongside Cahill as an analyst and commentator for ESPN.
In reply to a Twitter post sharing the claim that Cahill will miss the US Open, Gilbert made it clear that he expects the Australian to be at Flushing Meadows.
“For the record this is completely fake news,” wrote the former world No 4.
Cahill is a former ATP player and renowned coach who previously guided Andre Agassi, Lleyton Hewitt and Simona Halep to Grand Slam titles and world No 1.
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The Australian was expected to leave Sinner’s team at the end of the 2025 season after it was announced at the start of the year that he would be retiring from coaching on the tour.
However, Cahill has not fully closed the door on continuing his partnership with Sinner. Italian newspaper Il Corriere della Sera claimed after Sinner’s Wimbledon triumph earlier this month that Cahill will remain on the Italian’s team in 2026.
In his press conference following the Wimbledon final, Sinner revealed the decision on Cahill’s future was in in his hands after winning a bet.
“It depends on whether I want to tell the truth or not,” Sinner said.
“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.”
Asked this week by the ATP Tour whether Cahill will stay, Vagnozzi said: “Honestly, nothing’s certain at the moment. But we’ll all be happy if Darren stays.”
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