Jannik Sinner it is the case Sanremo. During the 8pm Tg1, a video message from Amadeus who sent another appeal to the tennis player: «Dear Jannik, when I invited you to Sanremo I did it from the heart, thinking of interpreting the desire of millions of Italians. I didn’t imagine all this noise surrounding my invitation, Sanremo must include and must not divide. There are those who want you and some who advise you not to come. The important thing is your serenity and tranquility, I didn’t want to embarrass you. If you decide not to come to Sanremo, I will understand. It’s important that you dedicate yourself to tennis, we would be sorry but nothing changes. We will always be rooting for you, you are truly an Italian pride. Just one request: watch Sanremo and root for us.”
INSIGHTS
Binaghi: «It would be a disappointment if he went to Sanremo»
Returning to Italy in full Sinnermania for the anti-star Jannik, winner of the Australian Open, must have more effect than the heavy time difference in Melbourne. Yet the boy with the red hair poured his heart and soul into this three-day event in Rome starting from the meeting with the prime minister Giorgia Melonito the one on Thursday with the Head of State, Sergio Mattarella, in the midst of the Sanremo controversy, the press conferences and the photo shoots, there is little about Roman holidays. After all, Jannik Sinner is the man of the moment, capable of bringing a men’s slam back to Italy 48 years after the last Italian success (that of Panatta at Roland Garros). “You are the Italy we like”, the words of the Prime Minister who welcomed him and waited for him in the Tapestry Room at Palazzo Chigi. Ritual photo, then the private meeting lasting about half an hour between 4 and 4.30 pm. The president of Fitp, Angelo, also participated Binaghi, and Andrea Abodi, who accompanied him in the Ford that usually escorts the minister for sport and youth. No triumphal entry, however, it was preferred to let Jannik enter from the back, avoiding cameras, fans and onlookers who were waiting for him in front of the main entrance in Piazza Colonna. «Great» was Meloni’s debut in seeing it. Then the smile, the affectionate hug with Sinner and the first joke from the Premier to break the ice. «I wanted to show you something again because at that point we were all like that, motionless…», the Prime Minister’s debut by showing the match point with Medvedev. «How nice to experience that moment», replied the Italian champion who brought with him the cup won in Melbourne after a five-set battle at the Rod Laver Arena.
In the conversation at Palazzo Chigi, then, nothing was left out, not even the catchphrase Sanremowith the repeated invitation of Amadeus e Fiorello which for now does not find fertile ground. «I would be disappointed and amazed if it went. Everyone would participate, but not him. He is a different Italian and I say this against my interests and that of tennis” he explained Binaghi who then revealed how Meloni also suggested he take the Festival catwalk. And if the official announcement of Sinner’s non-presence at the ATP in Marseille had deluded many that the road to Sanremo was now clear, the South Tyrolean champion still seems inclined to decline the invitation.
The mind must remain focused on tennis because as underlined by Binaghi, Jannik today “must be defended by everyone”. «Even from Sanremo – added the tennis boss – And if necessary I’ll do it bare-chested (laughs, ed.). If we all together want to write a different story we must protect it.”
Next appointments
Binaghi, however, he was unable to “defend” him from the assault by Palazzo Chigi employees who were waiting for him crowded at the foot of the stairs preceding the entrance for a souvenir photo or a selfie. After the meeting with the Premier he returned to his hotel overlooking the Foro Italico to rest after hours which first saw him parading in Melbourne with the cup, then disembark this morning in Rome, with a stopover in Doha and finally change clothes and show up at Meloni. The appointments, however, certainly don’t end here, because tomorrow he will hold a press conference in the new federtennis headquarters in northern Rome, then a photo shoot in two iconic places of the capital (one of which is the Colosseum), while on Thursday the meeting in the Quirinale with President Mattarella together with the other teammates from the Davis Cup won in Malaga. A bath of love to which Jannik responds with his acting as an anti-star also exalted by Abodi. «We are talking about a talent, not only sporting, but also human, with a sincerity and depth that are not usual», the minister’s words. This is why anyone who thinks that there can be clubs and restaurants in their sweet Roman life is sadly mistaken. Better to have a low profile, or even the hotel that hosts him in the eternal city with the people closest to him and recharge his batteries in view of a season that has just begun and with many goals ahead: from slams to number one position in the rankings, until arriving at the Paris Olympics.
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2024-01-30 19:48:15
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