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It is difficult to draw conclusions only from a preseason, but if there is a tennis player who treats training with the intensity and determination they deserve, it is Jannik Sinner. Few athletes pay more attention to detail and use test benches with such wisdom: not in vain, he is one of the elite players who has spent the longest time preparing for the 2026 (almost two weeks in Dubai), leaving curious details such as greater use of the backhand cut in his time on the court.
However, there is no one better to describe the experience of training with the San Candido than someone who has shared a lot of time on the track with him. In this preseason, that small award goes to him Luciano Darderiwho has spent many hours defending himself from the cannon shots of the transalpine and absorbing, like a sponge, the knowledge acquired by training with him.
The analogy that Darderi uses to define his week in Dubai with Jannik is, to say the least, curious… and defines very well his degree of involvement at this time of year. “Jannik is a guy of few words and a lot of substance. There is only training and hard work. The last time I had trained with him was in Roland Garros. It is something completely different, a different tennis. The ball weight and hitting consistency makes the difference. I felt like inside a rocket who had left Earth and landed on Mars. Yes, Jannik is a Martian“. Luciano spared no praise in a column for the Gazzetta dello Sport, giving a small hint of the Italian’s introverted nature… but how he transforms into a true animal when he takes up the racket.
Darderi defines his preparation with Sinner as “tremendously useful” for 2026 and reveals his great objectives for the next season
2025 has been a fantastic year for Darderi, fully consolidated in the elite and part of that wide cast of protagonists capable of giving more than a scare to the best, especially on clay, his favorite surface. The transalpine has high vision facing the 2026 and he sets very clear goals, for which the quality days he has spent with Jannik can be of tremendous use.
“These training sessions are incredibly useful for me, they allow me to understand where I need to improve. Last year I broke the top-30 barrier, and my big goal for 2026 is to train in the top-20. It is not an obsession, but it does give me a clear direction. I know that tennis is a sport that requires enormous sacrifice, and I do not refuse it. I am someone who, if I have to run a marathon every day to be among the best, I will do it. If I have to climb a mountain, I will climb it. “It’s my nature.”. A warning to sailors from a guy who wants to take advantage of the breeding ground of his training with Sinner to surprise the greatest. Keep an eye on him.
