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Jannik Sinner Reacts As Pope Leo XIV Jokes About Dodging Match With World No. 1

During a meeting between the new American pope and international media on Monday, journalists offered to play doubles, or to organize a charity match

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Jannik Sinner acknowledges the crowd after defeating Daniil Medvedev | Photo: AP/Adam Hunger
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Jannik Sinner says it바카라s 바카라a good thing for us tennis players바카라 that the new pope likes to play the sport. Even if Leo XIV jokingly said he wouldn바카라t want to arrange a game with the top-ranked player 바카라 ostensibly because of his name. (More Sports News)

During a meeting between the new American pope and international media on Monday, journalists offered to play doubles, or to organize a charity match. Leo seemed game 바카라but we can바카라t invite Sinner,바카라 he said in an apparent reference to the English meaning of Sinner바카라s last name.

Sinner was asked in his post-match news conference about the pope바카라s comment following his 6-4, 6-2 victory over Dutch qualifier Jesper De Jong at the Italian Open, which is being played just up the Tiber River from the Vatican.

Sinner took his time to respond and blushed as he said, 바카라Why do you have to make things difficult for me?"

Then Sinner added: 바카라Obviously I heard that he played as a kid. I think it바카라s a good thing for us tennis players to have a pope who likes this sport that we바카라re playing.바카라

And what about a possible rallying session with Leo?

바카라For the future we바카라ll see,바카라 Sinner said. 바카라Who knows.바카라

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