“The matches you win are not won on the day they are played,” said Sinner.
“You win by preparing for months, perhaps years, working for that match,” continued the 22-year-old during a Vanity Fair interview that will appear in Wednesday’s edition.
“We’ll see if this work also helps when I have my first failure.
“We’ll see how I react. But I’m not afraid of making mistakes, I don’t think about it. I don’t see the point of thinking about it.”
Sinner, who is from the majority German-speaking province of South Tyrol, stressed that “I am very proud to be Italian”.
He added that he didn’t feel he had missed out by having to forego some things to reach the top of his sport.
“I have everything,” he said.
“I’ve never been to a night club; I don’t like going to sleep late. I prefer to play cards with a friend.”
When asked if children were right to see him as a role model he replied, “Maybe, because I know I treat all people the same.”
“If I have the number one in the rankings before me or the person who cleans the locker rooms, I always treat them the same, with politeness,” he concluded.
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