Jannik Sinner responds to claims he 'isn't Italian enough' after missing Olympics

yanic sinner is back in action after being forced to pull out of the Olympics Yanik sinner has hit back at constant claims that he isn't Italian enough after being forced to pull out of the Olympics the world number one skipped the Paris 2024 games with tons solitis but he is now back in action at the Canadian open where he is the defending champion and CER hit back at suggestions that he should have attempted the Olympics anyway explaining that he couldn't get out of bed it's not the first time he has attracted backlash for his schedule decisions there was a storm in Italian media when he pulled out of their Davis Cup group stage tie last September but sinner returned for the finals in November and helped Italy win the tournament for the first time in 47 years and the noise increased again when he pulled out of the Olympics after coming down with tons solitis cner made a winning return to competition in Montreal on Thursday beating borne coric in straight sets and was asked whether he was Fed Up of the claims that he isn't Italian enough the tired 22-year-old addressed the criticism rubbishing any suggestions that he didn't try hard enough to be at the Paris games it's a question I don't even want to have to answer honestly he replied I think only my team and I really know how I felt from the outside it's one thing from the inside it's another I especially know how I felt I had said since the beginning of the year that my biggest goal was the Olympics but unfortunately I wasn't even able to get out of bed then honestly what people think let's say I give it little importance little weight the Australian Open Champion is trying to block out the external chatter but he admitted that he was still privy to some of the backlash sinner continued I'm not on social media anymore which is something that does me a lot of good

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