6000 fans on the well -filled center court in the Foro Italico, cheers, chants, speeches and television live on the air – and that was just a training session: Tennisstar Jannik Sinner’s comeback puts Italy in sheer.
Human crowd wanted to see the world ranking on Monday evening during public training – it didn’t matter for them that the South Tyrolean does not return from an injury break, but from a doping lock.
“I missed all of you very much and I am incredibly happy to be here,” the 23-year-old had recently announced by video message from his fan base. And Sinner then celebrated her frenetically while fitting with the Czechs of the same age Jiri Lehecka, number 30 in the world.
After 90 minutes, Sinner said goodbye after he had persistently written autographs and posed for selfies. After his three -month lock of two positive tests on Clostebol, he is expected to contest his first match against his compatriot Federico Cina or Mariano Navone (Argentina) on Saturday.