Jannik Sinner's homecoming demonstrates he has already joined Italy's sporting pantheon after the most successful - and eventful - year of his career.
Jannik Sinner won the first two Grand Slam titles of his career this year - either side of failing two doping tests for a banned substanceAfter the finest season of his career, Jannik Sinner has surged to an almost divine status enjoyed by only a handful of transcendent Italian sporting champions:Sinner is aged just 23. But as the only player from the nation to ever be ranked as the world's best tennis player, he has already joined the pantheon.
His arrival at a medical centre, where he underwent some fitness tests before the tournament, reminded many of what happened six years ago at Juventus' sports clinic when Cristiano Ronaldo signed: mass hysteria and unlimited enthusiasm. This not only allows him to raise his game when it counts most, but also helped him out of the toughest period of his career.In March, Sinner twice tested positive for small amounts - less than one billionth of a gram - of clostebol.
In August, an International Tennis Integrity Agency independent panel found Sinner bore "no fault or negligence" for the positive tests. After Sinner beat Taylor Fritz in his second ATP Finals match on Tuesday, the 14,000 fans inside the Inalpi Arena - punctuated with fluorescent orange shirts, wigs and carrot fancy dress - started singing his name so loud he had to stop congratulating his rival to quell them.
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