By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Wednesday Could 14, 2025
A saint and a Sinner…. The brand new Pope and Jannik…
On Wednesday on the Vatican, Jannik Sinner and his household acquired a quick viewers with pope Leo XIV. Seems the Pope is a giant tennis fan, who additionally performs, and calls himself “fairly an beginner participant”.
Un onore immenso incontrare Papa Leone XIV📸 Vatican Media pic.twitter.com/HUxK79USp1
— Jannik Sinner (@janniksin) May 14, 2025
Sinner says he heard that the pope performed tennis as a child, and informed reporters that it’s a superb factor for tennis gamers to have a pope who likes the game.
So Sinner handed off a pair of Head MP Speed tennis racquets as a present to the Pope, which made Leo XIV joke: “May I play Wimbledon?”
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Later, when Sinner pulled out a ball and instructed they’ve a bit hit, the Pope mentioned “We’ll break one thing – higher to not”. Good name: in all probability finest to not threat destroying some priceless artifact, however good attempt anyway, by the highest Italian.
The pair shook arms and posed for photographs in entrance of the Davis Cup, which Italy has now gained in back-to-back seasons.
Thrilling day for Sinner and his household…. Most likely fairly enjoyable for Pope Leo too.
