Pope Leo XIV was already dressed appropriately for playing at Wimbledon, as his garb is all white. And now he has a tennis racket. The newly elected pope met with ATP World No. 1 Jannik Sinner ...

After joking that he would not be playing against Jannik ... Ahead of his quarterfinal match at the Italian Open, Sinner, during his off day, visited the Pope and gifted him his racket.

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 ... as he and his parents arrived ...

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 playing tennis weekly. “He realizes just how important ...

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 ... honor,” Sinner said in Italian as he ...

ROME — The roars start to rise even before Jannik Sinner ... a racket, the odd wave. No trick shots. No gallery plays. Nothing remotely hinting at showmanship. It was as if he had packed his ...

Instead of the regular banana, Jannik Sinner ... Rinderknech, Sinner, with a scoreline of 6-3, 6-0, 6-4, defeated home favorite Richard Gasquet, who then hung up his racket to end a career spanned ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — 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 ... as he and his parents arrived ...