Jannik Sinner reveals touching reason why his parents are in that condition

Jannik Sinner reveals touching reason why his parents are in that condition

Jannik Sinner’s incredible run of form continued at the Miami Open, but his parents were once again not there to witness his latest achievement – although they had a very good reason not to attend the tournament.

The Italian won his third title of the 2024 season as he followed up his silverware at the Australian Open with the Rotterdam Open trophy and now the Miami Open title.

But Sinner’s parents, Johann and Siglinde Sinner, were again unable to see him lift the trophy as they were at home in South Tyrol.

And the 22-year-old doesn’t expect his parents to attend too many of his tournaments as they want to stay at home to be close to his grandparents who getting on in years.

Following his win over Grigor Dimitrov in Florida, Sinner will climb to a new career-high of No 2 in the ATP Rankings and he explained that his family is still “very normal” despite his new superstardom status.

“Being number two, it’s an amazing feeling,” he said.

“I never thought to come to this point. I come from a very normal family. My dad is still working, as my mom, too. For me sport is one thing and life is different.”

His grandparents’ advanced years mean his mother and father doesn’t want to leave their side too often, but they could travel to the Monte Carlo Masters and a couple of other tournaments in the coming months.

He added: “They will continue to do their life, and then I do my life. For sure, my dad… in Indian Wells he came. There are, like, three, four tournaments where they could arrive. Monaco they might arrive. Rome and Vienna and the end of the year hopefully in Turin [at the Nitto ATP Finals] if I play. And that’s it.

“They won’t travel much, at least until now. I know them, so I also have my grandma and grandpa, which they have a certain age now [so my parents] want to stay close. We have the family at that home. They live in a beautiful place, so they have a good life there.

“For sure I miss personally a little bit the time with my parents, because I left home when I was 13, 14. So I haven’t had so much time with them. Hopefully I can make this up in the future, but for me it’s more important if they are happy. I know I’m happy. If I’m happy, they’re happy. It’s all good.”