Not just the knee, Sinner reveals: 'I had tonsil surgery'

A complex period with the aim of returning for the Australia Open and, possibly, in the best shape. Jannik Sinner surprisingly reveals that recently he not only treated his knee, but also underwent surgery to remove his tonsils.

"We have done everything now so that he can come back stronger than before. We hope it was the right decision", confessed the Italian tennis player in the third episode of "Jannik Sinner Unfiltered", the series on his YouTube channel, which dedicates this episode "entirely to rehabilitation" with images of the "physiotherapy sessions, strength exercises and the path to returning to the court".

"I've lost a lot of weight. Maybe you can see it on your face", underlines the champion, explaining that the operation, combined with the stoppage due to his knee, did not allow him to train and probably to eat as usual. In the video - undated but in which the former coach, Darren Cahill, is still present - Sinner is seen first in the clinic in Lyon for tests on his knee, then in Monte Carlo for physiotherapy sessions and stress tests. "Considering everything, we returned to Monaco and now we work every day, trying to rebuild our muscle mass", remarks the tennis player who openly aims to "return to Australia".

The tennis player gave up taking part in the Paris Olympics in 2024, explaining that he suffered from tonsillitis. During the video, just over six minutes long, Umberto Ferrara, trainer of the South Tyrolean athlete, also intervenes: "We never work towards an immediate objective - he says - but we always have a medium-long term vision to ensure that when he returns I can do it to the maximum of his physical possibilities so as not to preclude his competitive longevity".

"I already miss tennis so much and I'm not even close to the moment when I can go back on the court to play - explains Sinner -. And when I feel again that, finally, I can go on the court and train for a week or so without problems, understanding that things are going well and are improving, I think that those feelings will also start to return and I will find the right mentality again. And then I think that, when I start again in Australia, in front of some fans, it will be wonderful."

In the video there are also moments of leisure, with Sinner in the role of a clumsy magician or a chef who prepares a plate of spaghetti for the crew who is filming and interviewing him. Certainly an unconventional image of the former world number 1 but it suggests the commitment that Sinner and his staff are making to return quickly and above all in the best possible way.