U.S. Open winner Jannik Sinner introduced a new fitness coach and physiotherapist to his team on Monday after dismissing his previous staff due to a doping issue.
Marco Panichi is now the fitness coach, and Ulises Badio is the new physiotherapist. Both Panichi and Badio had previously worked with Novak Djokovic.
Sinner will also continue to work with his osteopath, Andrea Cipolla.
“Welcome to the team Marco and Ulises,” Sinner posted on Instagram with a photo of him and his new trainers.
Earlier this year, Sinner had two positive steroid tests in March. However, he was not suspended because it was found that the banned substance Clostebol entered his system accidentally through a massage by his former physiotherapist, Giacomo Naldi.
Sinner explained that his former fitness trainer, Umberto Ferrara, had bought a spray with the steroid and gave it to Naldi for a cut on Naldi’s finger. Naldi then treated Sinner without gloves.
The doping case was kept private until last month’s announcement, and Sinner went on to win the U.S. Open final against Taylor Fritz.
Before the U.S. Open, Sinner had fired Naldi and Ferrara.
Panichi and Badio officially began working with Sinner in Monaco on Monday and will travel with him to upcoming tournaments in Beijing and Shanghai.
