Jannik Sinner Reinforces Team with Former Djokovic Staff Amid Doping Fallout
Sinner hires Marco Panichi and Ulises Badio after firing previous trainers due to unintentional doping incident.
- Jannik Sinner, currently ranked World No.1, has hired Marco Panichi as his fitness coach and Ulises Badio as his physiotherapist.
- Sinner parted ways with his former fitness coach Umberto Ferrara and physiotherapist Giacomo Naldi following a doping scandal.
- Two positive steroid tests in March were traced back to an unintentional contamination through a massage, leading to the firing of Naldi and Ferrara.
- Despite the doping case, Sinner won both the Australian Open and the U.S. Open in 2024.
- Panichi and Badio, who previously worked with Novak Djokovic, will join Sinner for upcoming tournaments in Beijing and Shanghai.