Umberto Ferrara will reintegrate the world n ° 1 team a year after being dismissed following the revelation of its positive controls at Clostebol.
A return that makes noise. Jannik Sinner will again collaborate with Umberto Ferrara, his former physical trainer, whom he had dismissed in the summer of 2024 after the revelation of positive italian controls to an anabolic, his entourage announced on Wednesday. “Jannik Sinner hired Umberto Ferrara as a physical trainer with immediate effect”wrote in a press release Avima, the management company which represents the recent winner of Wimbledon.
Since the revelation in the summer of 2024 of Sinner’s positive controls at Clostebol, the world No. 1 has continued to proclaim its innocence, explaining that it had been contaminated during a massage provided by a member of his entourage. If the accidental origin of the contamination was recognized by the anti -doping authorities, the AMA still inflicted Italian a negotiated suspension with it of three months between February and May 2025, as its responsibility towards those around him.
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If he quickly dismissed Umberto Ferrara and his physiotherapist, Giacomo Naldi, after the revelation of his positive controls, Sinner had still qualified the first to“Excellent preparer” On the sidelines of the Turin ATP finals in November 2024. The latter, who collaborated with the former Member of the Top 10 Matteo Bertttini in recent months, has rejected responsibility for the contamination of Sinner on Giacomo Naldi.
“Umberto played an important role in the development of Jannik”
With the Gazzetta dello Sport, Ferrara had recognized in April using “For years” a spray containing clostebol “Because it was prescribed by a specialist doctor to treat a chronic pathology”. More “I did not entrust him to Naldi, I suggested him to use it to treat a cut that did not heal and that complicated his work. I was very clear by communicating the nature of this product to him and the need he should in no way come into contact with Jannik. I allowed it to use only in my personal bathroom »supported Ferrara.
The decision to rehire the latter was made “In full agreement with the Jannik management team and as part of the preparation for (…) the Masters 1000 in Cincinnati and the US Open”from which Sinner is holding the title, explained Avima. “Umberto has played an important role in Jannik’s development, and his return reflects a renewed concern for continuity and performance at the highest level”concluded the management company.
