“Surprise, you are number 1!”. Sinner smiles and says Sinner: “A dream, but I feel sorry for Djokovic”

The "cruel" announcement on the sidelines, but Sinner is unfazed: "For now I just want to think about the tournament"

ROMA – Fabrice Santoro was an excellent player. Now he’s a cruel interviewer. He is the one who has to break the news to Jannik Sinner, the new world number 1 without his knowledge. Djokovic retired in the meantime: it’s history. The match with Dimitrov has just ended, the Roland Garros center back is waiting for the question, the possible emotion, the answer. Instead Santoro asks him two or three standard questions: how did the match go? You faced opponents with a one-handed backhand, etc… Then at the end he drops the bomb: “I can’t leave you without telling you something – Santoro tells him – next Monday you will become the first Italian ever number 1 in the world”. Roar. Sinner smiles. He just smiles.

And then he replies, to Sinner: “What can I say? It’s everyone’s dream. But seeing Nole retire like this is sad. I wish him a speedy recovery I don’t want to think about it now, because I’m in the semifinals at Roland Garros and I want to play in the tournament. It’s a special moment for me, and it’s nice to be able to share it with everyone.” Stop, that’s all from planet Sinner for now. Line in the world from number 1.

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