'Fake News': Nadal’s Ex-Coach Rubbishes Reports About Him Coaching Jannik Sinner

Carlos Moya could not have given a clearer response when asked about the rumors that he would replace Darren Cahill as Jannik Sinner's coach.

Cahill has worked alongside Simone Vagnozzi since 2022 and assisted Sinner in becoming one of the best players in the world. They also helped him off the court during his high-profile doping case and controversial suspension from February 9th until May 4th.

Unless Vagnozzi becomes Sinner's sole coach, the ATP world No. 1 needs to find a replacement for Cahill before the 2026 season after the Australian decided he wanted to retire from tennis coaching and spend more time with his family.

Bolshe had reported that Sinner and Moya would begin working together from the start of the 2026 season, which would have been one of tennis's most notable coaching partnerships.

It turns out Bolshe's story was false. Moya told Radio Nacional De España that the reports of him coaching Sinner were fake news, and did not give any indication that it was something he might be open to in the future.

The suddenness of Bolshe's story had caused shock. Any excitement that had been building among tennis fans about the possible partnership was swiftly ended by Moya's clarification the following day.

Moya being Spanish means he might not want to coach one of Carlos Alcaraz's biggest rivals. Whoever replaces Cahill will undoubtedly have helping Sinner beat Alcaraz as one of their principal objectives.

In the 2025 Italian Open final, Alcaraz defeated Sinner for a fourth consecutive time at professional level. The two-time Australian Open champion beat him at the Six Kings Slam in Saudi Arabia, but that was not counted in their official head-to-head.

It will be interesting to observe who Sinner eventually chooses to replace Cahill if he feels Vagnozzi should not take the role of primary coach. There are many possible candidates, but predicting who it will be is impossible.

Sinner knows who his coaching team will be until the end of the season. The same cannot be said of Novak Djokovic, who parted ways with Andy Murray last week after just a few months working together.

When explaining the decision, Djokovic said he had even more respect for Murray after getting to know him personally, but the pair felt they could not get anything else out of their player/coach relationship.

Djokovic revealed that he will work with Dusan Vemic at the 2025 Geneva Open and at Roland Garros. Vemic had been in the Serbian's team from the 2011 US Open until the 2013 Wimbledon Championships, working alongside Marian Vajda.

The 24-time Grand Slam champion played his first match in Geneva against Marton Fucsovics on Wednesday. After failing to win a match in Monte-Carlo and Madrid and withdrawing from the 2025 Italian Open, Djokovic wants to get match practice before Roland Garros.

Despite those struggles, Djokovic should never be written off. He and Sinner have not met on clay since 2021, and that could be a fascinating matchup if it happens.