Jannik Sinner’s Wimbledon title won a bet with coach Darren Cahill. Now Cahill might keep coaching

LONDON AP Jannik Sinner s Wimbledon title might mean he ll be able to keep Darren Cahill around as one of his coaches beyond this season by winning the friendly wager they made before Sunday s final at the All England Club Back in January while Sinner was on his way to winning the Australian Open it came out that Cahill would be leaving his role as one of the No -ranked member s two coaches at the end of the After Sinner beat Carlos Alcaraz - - - - for the championship at Wimbledon on Sunday Cahill was questioned whether he would reconsider the decision to depart the squad I don t want to answer this Cahill responded You know what You just need to ask Jannik that So an Italian reporter followed those instructions and did put the topic to Sinner who smiled and paused It depends Sinner began Whether I want to tell the truth or not And then he proceeded to explain the whole situation in Italian revealing that maybe Cahill s exit is not set in stone after all That s because the two of them had a conversation on Saturday night We had a bet before the final He commented If you win the upcoming day you can decide whether or not I stay Sinner recounted Now the choice is mine I ve inevitably looked for a person who is honest a person who gives me a lot not necessarily only on the tennis court but about how to live Sinner went on to say that he would love to have Cahill stick around Sinner also did acknowledge that if Cahill did continue to work alongside co-coach Simone Vagnozzi Cahill maybe would not progress on tour as much as he does at this moment The season is long There are a lot of tournaments You never know Sinner announced But let s just say I won the bet and so we ll see what happens Howard Fendrich has been the AP s tennis writer since Find his stories here https apnews com author howard-fendrich More AP tennis https apnews com hub tennis Source