Jannik has kept Zverev and Carlos Alcaraz behind despite missing three months of action and four Masters 1000 events. Thus, he will celebrate a notable milestone next week.

I need this,” the world No. 1 said of the tough run Francisco Cerundolo gave him in Rome. “Today I felt I raised my level.”

Top-ranked Jannik Sinner passed a big test in his return from a three-month doping ban by beating accomplished clay-court player Francisco Cerundolo 7-6 (2), 6-3 to reach the Italian Open quarterfinals.

Newly elected Pope Leo XIV, an avid tennis fan, joked that Jannik Sinner shouldn’t be invited to a proposed charity match because of his last name. Responding with good humor, Sinner said, “Why do you have to make things difficult for me?

Tennis fans were shocked to see a more muscular Jannik Sinner return to action after serving his three-month ban.

Sinner was asked in his post-match news conference about the pope following his 6-4, 6-2 victory over Dutch qualifier Jesper De Jong at the Italian Open, which is being played just up the Tiber River from the Vatican.

The Italian champion's next opponent in Rome is Jesper de Jong, who defeated Alejandro Davidovich Fokina in the previous round to overturn the odds against a player who was having an excellent season so far.

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World number one Jannik Sinner has reportedly ended his relationship with fellow tennis player Anna Kalinskaya and found a new romance with Russian supermodel Lara Leito.