Q. There is a lot of appreciation between you and Carlos. Would you call each other friends? Are there any other players, apart from the Italian players, you feel closer to than Carlos?
JANNIK SINNER: Well, I feel like we had this conversation a bit with Darren. He used to play back in the day. Players, they used to go dinner, having dinner together, because the teams were not as big. It was maybe player plus one. You tend to be a bit more together. You open up yourself. You tell stories in the locker room.
I still feel it’s a bit like this. You have your more favorite not players but friends in the locker room. You talk a bit in different ways.
Of course, I believe that Carlos has great friends and I have great friends, too. You tend to go a bit more in the national team because it’s normal. You spend more time with Italians.
I do have also other players I feel very close to: Jack Draper, Reilly Opelka, these kind of friendships. I feel they’re honest and you can get along very well.
But with Carlos is also a bit different because of on-court reasons. We have a very good relationship, rivalry, call it however. I feel like we can talk about everything still. I think it’s great. We are good friends off the court. We do respect us in a very healthy way. Also the teams, my team, get along very well with them. I think it’s a good harmony.
In the same time there’s also the work and all the rest behind, which it’s all about balance.
