I’ll explain to you why, according to the writer here – but also to any humanoid with sense – Jannik Sinner is unquestionably the Italian sportsman of the year. And perhaps not just Italian. And perhaps not just sports. And maybe not just the year. And maybe you’re not ready for this swill of nectar and ambrosia. And we start in rigorous random order and without any apparent logic, as if it were Antani. Jannik Sinner is the sports personality of the year because: 1) He triumphed at Wimbledon. 2) No Italian had succeeded before him. 3) He did it after receiving a blow in the ass in the form of an injury to Dimitrov, a Bulgarian close to victory. And the kick in the ass doesn’t count as merit, but you have to know how to exploit it. 4) Why did he win on grass when everyone said «The other guy who is stronger and beat him in Paris will win». 5) Because he lost in Paris, it’s true, but after a final that lasted 5 hours and 29 minutes (the longest ever at Roland Garros) and three match points, on the surface where the gap with Carlitos seemed unbridgeable. 6) Because he never responded to Mr.’s pathetic provocations. Kyrgios. 7) Because he never responded to the pathetic provocations of the “other Kyrgios”. 8) Because he never responded to those who foolishly called him doped. 9) Because he never responded to the great Italian thinkers when they called him “non-Italian”. 10) Or when they called him bad and ugly because he doesn’t pay taxes in Italy (but then they realized that with his collateral activities he is one of the largest taxpayers in the country). 11) Why he didn’t go to Mattarella just to please the usual dispensers of wisdom. 12) Because he didn’t care about the accusations of lack of attachment to the blue for a “no” to Davis which, among other things, he had clarified a year earlier. Sinner is the best of the best because 13) He doubled his successes in Australia and, as we know, «confirming yourself is more difficult than winning». 14) Because he won the Finals in a Turin that couldn’t be more blue. 15) Because he reached the final in all 4 slams. 16) Because he finished with 58 victories and only 6 defeats. 17) Because it made us go crazy in Vienna too. 18) In Beijing. 19) At the Masters 1000 Paris. 20) Because he managed to fight for the No. 1 ranking despite three months of forced stop. 21) Because when he resumes after a long inactivity he “will need time” but no, he went to the final of the Internationals. 22) Because for the 2nd year in a row the ITF elected him world champion in the men’s singles. 23) Because for the 2nd year in a row he won the ATP Awards for the player most loved by fans. 25) Because the Wikipedia entry dedicated to him was the most read ever with 3,877,370 views up to November. 26) Because at 23 years and 163 days he became the youngest to win the AO at least twice since Courier. 27) Because at 24 he became the third and youngest player capable of reaching the final of all Slams and the ATP Finals in the same year, a feat achieved only by Federer and Djokovic. 28) Because he put together 398 aces in total, around 6 per match. 29) Because he manages to keep his private life private. 30) Because it gives the right weight to everything that is “social”. 31) Because he only amassed 91 double faults. 32) Because after the US Open he greatly improved his first serve. 33) Because he won over 80% of the points with the first. 34) 60% with the second. 35) A total of 72% of service points. 36) Because out of 723 games at bat he won 92%. 37) Because he saved 72% of break points (162 out of 224). 38) Because he won 16 out of 19 tie-breaks (84%). 38) Because they love it everywhere, especially children. 39) Because he doesn’t give interviews to communication gurus and for this reason he pisses them all off.
TESTIMONIAL 40) Because he is the testimonial of 3243 brands and he doesn’t give a damn if they tell him “maybe there are too many” because he has to earn, because Jannik Sinner is a company with a CEO, Jannik Sinner, and very high level employees, his staff. 41) Because he doesn’t give up any very rich performances and he doesn’t do well, he does very well. 42) Because it spent 66 weeks at No. 1 (65 in a row, 37 in the calendar year). 43) Because he has put together 31 wins in a row on indoor hard courts (only McEnroe, Djokovic, Federer and Lendl better than him). 44) Because he doesn’t provoke anyone, he doesn’t make a mistake in his attitude, he thanks any opponent, even the most intractable. 45) Because he brought Italian tennis to the top of the world and feeds everyone, even those who attack him. 46) Because one day he said «Italy deserves much more than what I am doing. I am proud to be Italian, happy to have been born here and not in Austria or elsewhere. Some say: Alto Adige is different, Sicily is different, but this too is our luck, the strength of the differences.” 47) Because he founded the Jannik Sinner Foundation, a non-profit organization that helps children. 48) Because he has a completely cumbersome father and mother, which is rare in this world. 49) Because every time it gives us a different emotion. 50) Because it is so hypnotic that in the midst of all these hosannas we have forgotten the point (24. Twenty-four, like the years of Jannik Sinner from San Candido, the strongest Italian sportsman of 2025 and, soon on these screens, the greatest Italian of all time.
