Hard work and looking after his physical and mental health are the priorities for Italian teenager Jannik Sinner as he rises through the tennis rankings.
"It's a long way to make every step," Sinner told Reuters in an interview after reaching the last 16 at the French Open, where he will face the ultimate challenge on clay against Rafael Nadal.
The 19-year-old Sinner, whose composure on court belies his youth and contrasts with the volatility of fellow Italian Fabio Fognini, has been racing up the ATP rankings to break into the top 20. "For the next couple of years, I'm not going to watch out for my ranking, I know what I have to do, the way I have to go and Riccardo knows it. He's been down this road many, many times."Sinner, who ranks 11th in the ATP Race, has launched an Instagram series, 'What's Kept You Moving', in which he discusses mental health amid the COVID-19 pandemic with Italian sprinter Filippo Tortu and paralympic fencer Bebe Vio.
"Obviously I am healthy and it's tough, especially here in Grand Slams; you have the wheelchair players who unfortunately have to adapt to their life and you feel even more blessed that you are healthy and I feel sorry for them. If somebody says to me that I'm not healthy, nobody's healthier than me.""At the end of the day it's tennis, you have to enjoy it," he said. "At the end of my career I want to be able to say 'I reached my limits'.
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