Jannik Sinner will not be at a
ceremony at the presidential Quirinale palace in Rome on
Wednesday to be attended by members of the Italian Tennis
Federation to celebrate a successful 2024 with President Sergio
Mattarella, sources close to the player said on Tuesday.
After his Australian Open victory, the tennis champion had said
he "still needed to decide" whether to attend the ceremony but
made up his mind after returning from Australia, the sources
said.
Sinner said Monday after retaining his Aussie crown to win his
third grand slam title and become Italy's most successful tennis
player ever Sunday that now he would rest for a while and then
return to focusing on tennis 100%.
"Now we have some free time.
"Then, when we get back to work, tennis will have 100% of our
attention again," said the 23-year-old South Tyrolean world
number on the sidelines of a photo shoot with the Australian
Open trophy in Melbourne.
Sinner, who beat Germany's world number two Alexander Zverev in
straight sets without dropping a break point to pass Nicola
Pietrangeli's record of two slams, has now pulled away at the
top of the ATP rankings, 3,700 points ahead of the German.
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