Tennis News: Sinner will hire former Nadal coach Carlos Moya to join the team

World No. 1 tennis player Jennick Sinner is reportedly planning to welcome a heavyweight coach in the 2026 season – Nadal's former coach Carlos Moya. Moya will replace current coach Darren Cahill, who will also officially retire from coaching the ATP Tour at the end of the year.

Cahill joined Sinner's team in July 2022 and worked with Simone Wagnozzi to help Sinner transform his career. Under Cahill's tutelage, Sinner won 14 of his 19 career singles titles, including three prized Grand Slam titles. Since reaching the top of the ATP rankings for the first time in June 2024, Sinner has been firmly in the top spot in the world. Speaking about Cahill at the 2025 Australian Open, Sinner said gratefully:

"He taught me a lot and I feel very lucky and happy to be his last disciple on the tour. He's not only an incredible coach, he's an amazing guy. ”

It is reported that Sinner will start working with the Spanish coach in 2026. Looking back at Moya's coaching career, he coached Nadal from 2017 to November 2024, helping the legendary compatriot to 21 titles, including eight Grand Slam titles and eight Masters. Moya himself has had an equally illustrious career, winning 20 titles between 1995 and 2010 and winning 20 titles, including the French Open in 1998.

However, the appointment came as a somewhat surprising surprise. Because just earlier this month, Moya also publicly stated that he was not in a hurry to take on a new coaching role on the tour. "Maybe in a few months or years I'll change my mind, but right now, I'm enjoying the moment, after a long period of running and competing, it's a good idea to have a period of adjustment, I'm not bored at all," he confessed at an event in Madrid. ”

For Sinner, he is about to face a new challenge. The 2025 French Open tennis tournament kicks off on May 25, and as world number one, he will be aiming for his first Roland Garros title. Previously, his best result at the French Open was reaching the semifinals last year. Now that Cahill is in the final year of his coaching career, can he help Sinner make a breakthrough at the French Open at his last chance?

Last year, shortly after Sinner's positive drug test broke, members of his team, Ferrara, a physical fitness specialist, and Naldi, a physical therapist, left the team. After that, Sinner hired a former Djokovic team physiologist and physiotherapist. From next year, after Moya joined the team, Sinner's coaching team can really be called a "giant team".

It is reported that Djokovic's former coach Ivanisevic will coach Tsitsipas after the French Open. There is still Federer's coach Ljubicic who has not yet restarted his coaching career.

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