Yannick Sinner came back from 0-2 down in the 2024 Australian Open final to win his first career Grand Slam title. The triumph of the Italian is also the merit of Darren Cahill, and the coach of the Australians spoke about the long-term goal of his pet.

It will be recalled that Sinner defeated Danylo Medvedev in five sets with a score of 3-6, 3-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-3. The final of the big tournament in Melbourne lasted three hours and 44 minutes.

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Yannick Sinner wants to be a better player than Carlos Alcaraz, says Darren Cahill

Cahill, who has helped four different players win Grand Slam titles, said Sinner wants to surpass Carlos Alcaraz (two Grand Slam titles) and become the greatest tennis player of his generation.

“Alcaraz was a push for Yannick. Absolute. There is no doubt that young players succeeding is a motivation. Not only Yannick, everyone wants to be like Alcaraz.

If players see that one of their countrymen or someone from their generation is successful, they want to be like them. Then they analyze what they are doing, why they were successful and how they will repeat it. Carlos was a pioneer for many young players and we are grateful for that. Watching him play is a pleasure.

We aspire to be as good as him and hopefully one day be better than him, but for now we are following Carlos and will continue to do so.

I believe in Yannik, I have always trusted him. He is a special child. When you hit the ball like him, when you want to improve like him, and when you move like him, at some point you will succeed.

Our job as coaches is to try to speed up that process and get him to where he wants to go as quickly as possible so he can stay at the top for a long time.

He’s doing well, he’s taking it all in and trying new things on the field. I am sure he will not be happy with this success. He will never do it, he wants everything to be done even better” – Darren Cahillat the press conference quotes PuntoDeBreak.

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It will become known after the final of the Australian Open 2024 between Sinner and Medvedev

• Yannick Sinner became the first tennis player from Italy to win the Australian Open.

• The last player from Italy to win a Grand Slam trophy was Adriano Panatta at Roland Garros in 1976.

• Daniil Medvedev is the only player to lose the final of the same tournament twice, leading 2-0 in sets (he lost to Rafael Nadal also in Melbourne in 2022).

Darren Cahill, 4 Grand Slam titles won with different players

On June 26, 2022, Darren Cahill gave an interview to Gazzetta dello Sport journalists.

At the time, the Australian coach announced his return to coaching with a player “who has what it takes to be a world leader”.

Darren chose to coach Yannick Sinner, and a year and a half later the Italian won the Australian Open.

On Sunday, Darren, 58, was praised by many high-ranking journalists in the world of tennis.

After Yannick Sinner’s triumph at the 2024 Australian Open, Cahill managed to become the only coach to win 4 Grand Slam titles with different players.

Not to mention that we are dealing with different periods of white sports.

The Australian managed to make Lleyton Hewitt the youngest first racket of the world in history, and Andre Agassi the oldest.

During his career, he won the following Grand Slam titles with his students: US Open 2001 (with Lleyton Hewitt), Australian Open 2003 (with Andre Agassi), Roland Garros 2018 (with Simona Halep) and Australian Open 2024 (with Yannick Sinner). .

Also, although the title is not his right, Darren helped her with advice and even participated in drawing up tactics for Wimbledon 2019, a major tournament that Halep won (she was coached by Danielle Dobre at the time).

Yannick Sinner’s path to victory at the 2024 Australian Open

Round I: 6-4, 7-5, 6-3 with Botik Van de Zandschulp

Second round: 6-2, 6-2, 6-2 with Jesper De Jong

Third round: 6-0, 6-1, 6-3 with Sebastian Baez

Optimi: 6-4, 7-5, 6-3 with Karen Khachanov

Quarters: 6-4, 7-6(5), 6-3 with Andrii Rublev

Semifinals: 6-1, 6-2, 6-7(6), 6-3 with Novak Djokovic

Final: 3-6, 3-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-3 with Daniil Medvedev.