Pope Leo XIV has made peace with Jannik Sinner. The top-ranked tennis player visited the new pope, gave him a tennis racket and offered to play, during an off day for Sinner 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 and offered to play.

Tennis lover Pope Leo XIV holds court with Jannik Sinner The new pontiff received the Italian tennis star ranked No. 1 in the world by Association of Tennis Professionals in a room near the ...

Pope Leo XIV Meets Jannik Sinner. Just days after joking he wouldn’t like to play Sinner in a match, Pope Leo—an avid tennis fan—welcomed the athlete in a private meeting at Vatican City.

Pope Leo XIV Meets Jannik Sinner Vatican Pool - Getty Images Pope Leo XIV, the new pontiff of the Catholic Church, is a an amateur tennis player. When he moved to Rome two years ago, he started ...

The Italian Open crowd has had plenty of local success to celebrate over the last week-and-a-half, with Jannik Sinner and Lorenzo Musetti reaching the semifinals of the men’s draw, and Jasmine ...

ATP World No. 1 Jannik Sinner gave a tennis racket to Pope Leo XIV in the Vatican, and the two joked about Wimbledon.

Pope Leo XIV, a self-dubbed "amateur tennis player," recently joked that he would not be able to invite World No. 1 Jannik Sinner to a charity match.

VATICAN CITY — Pope Leo XIV has made peace with Jannik Sinner. The top-ranked tennis player visited the new pope on Wednesday, gave him a tennis racket and offered to play, during an off day for ...

VATICAN CITY — Pope Leo XIV has made peace with Jannik Sinner. The top-ranked tennis player visited the new pope, gave him a tennis racket and offered to play, during an off day for Sinner at the ...

Pope Leo XIV has made peace with Jannik Sinner. The top-ranked tennis player visited the new pope, gave him a tennis racket and offered to play.

No. 1 Jannik Sinner met with Pope Leo XIV on Wednesday at the Vatican, also posing for photos in front of the Davis Cup trophy that Sinner helped Italy win for the second consecutive time last year.