The ATP Tour draw is very open, however, this time around, with world number one Jannik Sinner out of action.

The Italian is currently serving a three-month ban, having twice tested positive for banned substance clostebol in 2024.

Sinner has really impressed Darren Cahill, although the Australian coach is leaving the player’s side at the end of the 2025 season.

Jannik Sinner’s coach says ATP players can finish points more easily than WTA players

The former has risen to first in the ATP rankings under the latter, as well as winning three Grand Slam titles.

Cahill has now been sharing insight into his work on the Tennis Insider Club podcast, having coached both ATP and WTA players during his career.

“I think the difference between men and women in coaching, the only real difference… it’s the same game, same pressure, same size court, everything, sometimes the women don’t have the ability to finish points like the men do,” said Cahill.

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“If a male player gets up a set and a break you can relax a bit and rely on your serve and get to the finish line.

“It doesn’t happen much in the women’s game, so you have to be mentally strong to stay on the same tactical plan that got you up a set and a break.

“Quite often you’ll rush a little bit. There’s the finish line, let’s go to the finish line. But you lose the patience a little bit. That’s just because of the power of the game.

“But the other difference is that I think the men see the big picture a little bit clearer than what the women do.”

Darren Cahill told Simona Halep not to worry about set score in practice

Sinner and Cahill have enjoyed superb success thus far, although it seems the Italian will be seeking a new coach for when the 2026 season rolls around.

For now, however, he will be itching to get back onto the court, with Sinner able to return in time for his home tournament of the ATP Masters 1000 Rome.

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Cahill joined his team back in July 2022, having previously worked with iconic figures Andre Agassi, Lleyton Hewitt and Simona Halep.

Continuing his analysis of the ATP and WTA tours, he added: “One of the things I worked really hard on with Simona is, don’t worry about the set score in practice.

“We don’t care about the set score because if we’re working on the things that are going to make us better in the long term I don’t care if you win this practice set or not.

“Quite often in the female game, not all the players, but the day will be a good day or a bad day depending on whether you won the practice set.

“No matter how well you played, it doesn’t really matter. So to educate it’s not about practice, practice is there for us to improve, become better and keep working on the stuff we’re meant to be working on.

“Yes, we need a bit of confidence, to win a practice set alright let’s treat this one like a match and have a different psychology to the way we are going about it, but not everything is about winning that practice set.”