Darren Cahill and Simone Vagnozzi have been voted Coach of the 12 months within the 2023 ATP Awards for his or her work with Italian Jannik Sinner.
In 2023, the 22-year-old Sinner captured his maiden ATP Masters 1000 title in Toronto, reached the championship match on the Nitto ATP Finals and have become the primary Italian man to finish a season within the High 5 of the Pepperstone ATP Rankings.
The World No. 4, who completed the yr holding a 64-15 file, additionally reached his maiden main semi-final at Wimbledon underneath the steerage of Cahill and Vagnozzi. Sinner received 4 tour-level trophies in 2023 and acquired the Followers’ Favorite Award earlier this week.
Vagnozzi has labored with Sinner since February 2022 however has been conscious of Sinner’s potential for significantly longer.
“I’ve recognized Jannik from when he was 14. He performed towards one among my junior gamers, so I noticed him for the primary time there,” Vagnozzi advised atptour.com earlier this yr. “It is very nice to teach him as a result of he is a very humorous man. He has a very good character. It is simple to teach Jannik additionally as a result of he needs to enhance lots and go on the courtroom at all times with a smile and every part, so for a coach it’s actually good.”
Cahill, who has coached former World No. 1s Andre Agassi and Lleyton Hewitt, joined Workforce Sinner in June 2022. The Australian has targeted on growing the Italian’s psychological aspect.
“My position is extra in regards to the expertise and how one can assist him mentally in these large moments, and to guarantee that we’re engaged on the correct stuff that finally goes to get him to the place we wish to be,” Cahill mentioned earlier this season.
Cahill and Vagnozzi had been nominated for Coach of the 12 months honours together with Craig Boynton (Hubert Hurkacz), 2022 winner Juan Carlos Ferrero (Carlos Alcaraz), Goran Ivanisevic (Novak Djokovic) and Bryan Shelton (Ben Shelton). Fellow coaches vote on the nominees and winner on this class.
Sinner has additionally been nominated two player-voted awards: Most Improved Participant of the 12 months and the Stefan Edberg Sportsmanship Award, The winners for these classes will probably be introduced later this week.
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