ROME — Maybe it was the pope's blessing. Or maybe Jannik Sinner just likes playing against Casper Ruud.

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Jannik Sinner has just returned from a 3-month suspension and is already blessed by God. At least, that's how it seems. One ...

Enter poor Casper Ruud, a perennial top-10 player who is excellent on clay. He was Sinner's quarterfinal opponent in Rome on ...

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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 Sinner at the Italian Open.

Pope Leo XIV speaks with Jannik Sinner, the No. 1 rated tennis player in the world, May 14, during a meeting at the Vatican.

Or maybe Jannik Sinner just likes playing against Casper Ruud. Whatever it was, the top-ranked Sinner cranked up his level to ...

Whatever it was, the top-ranked Sinner cranked up his level to near-perfection at times in a 6-0, 6-1 dismantling of Ruud in ...

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Italian tennis star Jannik Sinner had an audience on Wednesday with the newly elected Pope Leo XIV, himself a keen tennis ...