Jannik Sinner's triumph at the Australian Open tennis in Melbourne has monopolized the front pages of newspapers, not just sports, in Italy and abroad. In the small village of 1,900 souls in the heart of the Dolomites everyone knows everything.

Confidentiality is in fact the watchword. "We will organize a party when Jannik passes through Sesto, but we don't yet know when and how", says the mayor. Today the funeral of fellow villager Monika, who died in a head-on collision, took place.