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Tennis fan Pope Leo XIV meets with Jannik Sinner on an off day at the Italian Open
Pope Leo XIV has made peace with Jannik Sinner. The top-ranked tennis player visited the new pope, gave him a tennis racket ...
Carlos Alcaraz Sails Past Jack Draper, Enters Italian Open Semi-Finals
The Spaniard also bagged a top-two seeding at the French Open which begins later this month, but in the meantime the ...
Jannik Sinner among first to be granted an audience with Pope Leo as world No 1 shares joke with keen tennis fan during visit to the Vatican
The world No1, who is into the quarter-finals of his first event since his three-month anti-doping ban expired, made the ...
Jannik Sinner Gifts Tennis Racket to Pope Leo XIV in Vatican Meeting
Pope Leo XIV receives professional tennis player Jannik Sinner in the Vatican and asks for some sporting tips. The audience took place in the rooms attached to the Vatican's Paul VI Hall, and the Pope ...
Coco Gauff and Carlos Alcaraz advance to Italian Open semifinals with straight-set wins
Coco Gauff played aggressively throughout to advance to the last four at the clay-court tournament for the third time.
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New Pope, a Tennis Fan, Meets World’s No. 1 Player
While in Rome for the tournament May 14, the world’s highest-ranked tennis player walked into the halls of the Vatican and ...
Alcaraz sweeps past Draper and into Italian Open semis
Rome: Carlos Alcaraz strode into the semi-finals of the Italian Open on Wednesday after putting in a powerful display to down ...
World No. 1 Jannik Sinner gives tennis fan Pope Leo XIV racket at Italian Open
Top-ranked men's tennis player Jannik Sinner visited the new pope on Wednesday, gave him a tennis racket and offered to play, during an off day for Sinner at the Italian Open in Rome.