In the beginning it was some gossip that appeared on some websites, press agencies, and especially on social media: rumors it was said, the champion was fighting to bring Italy to the first place in the ATP, with many doubts (at the time) and perplexities in the world of great tennis: all eyes on Jannik, the boy who comes from the mountains, and that should not be distracted. But the gossip, the indiscretion grew: Anna Kalinskaya and Jannik Sinnerwhere it all began.
Who is Anna Kalinskaya: number 25 in the ranking, born in 1998
Anna Kalinskaya
Paris: First sightings in the City of Lights
It’s May, the month of love: and it’s at the Roland Garros tournament that there is the first, perhaps decisive in hindsight, sighting. Shots stolen from a French magazine.
At that point, all the spotlight is on the two of them, in some cases before rackets and shots on the tennis court their movements seem to attract the media: if they are in the same place, at the same time, and their social media is monitored carefully for to find “evidence” of their liaison.
And finally: the collapse
It is May 27th when at Roland Garros, during a press conference, Jannik admits in front of journalists that a new story has begun: “I’m with Anna Kalinskaya, but I won’t say moreso the Italian champion. In the afternoon the Russian tennis player had been seen sitting in the stands cheering for Sinner and by now, it had become almost impossible to hide.
Jannik Sinner – just after winning against the American Eubanks at his debut at Roland Garros – had made official his relationship with the 25 year old Russian tennis player Anna Kalinskaya, ex of the Australian tennis player Kyrgios: “I don’t talk much more than that“, he concluded at the press conference.
Anna Kalinskaya’s first post
Then, everything flows quickly, like Jannik’s whirlwind climb to the top of the ATP, the pinnacle of world tennis: a few days later (it’s June 9th) Anna’s first social outing Kalinskaya for her new boyfriend, Jannik Sinner: it happens on an important occasion, the Russian tennis player knows that the Italian champion needs all the support possible after the Roland Garros semi-final lost against Alcarazand then on Instagram he shows his full support, under a post from the South Tyrolean he will write just one, decisive, word: “Proud“, that is “proud”, with an emoticon (smiley face) explanatory to strengthen his endorsement.
Wimbledon, the present: “In the light of the sun”
Let’s jump to the June 28Jannik is now the ATP number one, celebrated also by the world of great tennis in his homeland as the only one to have reached these heights, and what’s more in such a short time. The compliments are wasted, but his private story, also sentimental, goes on: it’s the day of the first “official” shot of the two of them together.
Sinner with girlfriend Anna Kalinskaya and a fan
Anna Kalinskaya and Jannik Sinner: surprised (at least it seems) at Wimbledon by a fan who posed with themthey did not back down when asked for a photo. Thus giving the fans the first photo together.
The knowing glances: the officiality
Here are the knowing glances between them, on the pitch Wimbledon: it’s July 2nd and now the story becomes a big (and who knows how long) “Truman show”, all eyes (and cameras) are on them
Love and rackets, him in the stands, watching her as she hits her racket on the court:
Sinner in the stands during Anna Kalinskaya’s match
E Now, everything is official.
Jannik Sinner and Anna Kalinskaya at Wimbledon
