Not just the world number 1. There is also love among the most important news in Jannik Sinner’s life after Roland Garros. In fact, the South Tyrolean made his relationship with the tennis player Anna Kalinskaya official in Paris, and consequently the end of the story with Maria Braccini (it would have ended after Miami).
The first controversies
The first controversies arose over the two, although this time they mainly concern the 25-year-old from Moscow and do not come from Italy. The heavy accusations against the player born in 1998 came from Russia after the defeat in Paris against the Canadian Bianca Andreescu 1-6, 7-5, 6-3.
“Kalinskaya, apparently, was in a hurry to return home to Sinner. She should have won because Andreescu, after a long absence from the courts, had not yet found her form again” these are the words released by Anna Dmitrieva, 18-time champion of the ‘Soviet Union.
The 83-year-old, a rather esteemed voice in Russia for commenting on tennis-related events, had something to say about the Italian’s new flame. For Dmitrieva, Kalinskaya was too distracted with the 22-year-old from San Candido and ended up not performing at her best in the French competition.
In Italy the situation immediately brought to mind a similar story: the thoughts of several fans fell on Matteo Berrettini and Melissa Satta, the latter accused of being a distraction for the Roman’s tennis career.
“I’m experiencing a feeling and I find it disrespectful to call it a professional distraction,” the former Wimbledon finalist declared. The criticisms of Kalinskaya and Sinner have become so viral that they even deserved a space within Pomeriggio5 on Tuesday afternoon, precisely at the moment in which Novak Djokovic made his withdrawal from Roland Garros official and, consequently, handed the number one crown into his hands of Italian.
