The Italian Internationals in Rome have officially begun and the notable absentee is certainly Jannik Sinner, struggling with a significant hip problem. The Italian was forced to skip the Foro Italico tournament, an event where he was undoubtedly the most awaited man.
Now there are also doubts regarding his return to the field, there has been talk of Roland Garros but everything is in great uncertainty and there are possibilities that the blue player will have to return directly in the grass season.
Mowmag colleagues spoke with the luminary Michele Zasa, medical director of the Clinica Mobile and the hip expert Alberto Fioruzzi. The two work in this clinic where they mainly deal with MotoGP and Formula One but they also talked about tennis and the reference to Jannik Sinner could not be missing.
Here are their statements: “He did not prefer to go into detail but it was immediately understood that it was something serious. It is likely, given that he did not suffer any particular trauma, that it could be an overload problem, linked to soft tissues and structures surrounding the hip joint.
It could be a problem of wear and initial arthrosis of the hip, but obviously we use the conditional. Prevent a long career? Well, potentially yes but we’re not even sure if that’s the problem, maybe it’s just inflammation of the joint and not arthrosis.
If in MotoGP it is dangerous in tennis it is even worse, the tennis player has to run so he rests on his hip and has constant changes of direction. The hip is an important element in all sports, especially tennis.”
This situation allows me to reflect: “Doing sport is very important, because it has a series of health benefits but the tight schedule puts the body at risk in terms of wear and tear and is exaggerated”.
