VIDEO: "Everyone in my family had COVID" - Sinner speaks on his pandemic experience

Jannik Sinner has been one of the breakout players in 2021 and he sat down with ATP to discuss his pandemic.

Jannik Sinner has been enjoying a breakout season in 2021 after somewhat breaking out in 2020. This season he has been a consistent performer going deep at several events which includes the 2021 Miami Open final (l. to Hurkacz). The Italian sat down with ATP to do a feature explaining how he dealt with the pandemic.

He spoke about how he kept sane during the pandemic talking about staying fit in Monaco:

"We made a little space in my apartment in Monaco. It is not that big but somehow we managed to practice. It was tough I have to say it. I missed touching the ball and hearing the ball."

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He also touched upon the importance of his family because his family, unfortunately, experienced COVID fully:

"Everyone had COVID in my family but everyone is safe now."

For Sinner, it was a daunting experience that made him realize how important mental health really:

"Mental health is important because many people don't speak about that so I would like to speak more about it. I started a program called 'What's kept you moving."

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Sinner explained the reasoning behind it as a way to help younger people who have been struggling a lot with quarantine. Wrapping up Sinner expressed his gratitude for being able to compete again:

"Here we are. We are out and we finally can compete again and I am happy about that."

Check out the full feature below: