The highly armored visit to Palazzo Chigi by tennis champion Jannik Sinner
, received by Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni,
ended after about half an hour .
The winner of the Australian Open arrived around 4pm, accompanied by the Sports Minister Andrea Abodi (he was in the car with him): entrance from the back of the building, no photographers and cameramen or meetings with the many journalists present for the tennis player.
"Great": Giorgia Meloni
welcomes Jannik Sinner with a smile, hugs him and makes him review the final point that led him to victory at the Australian Open.
The images scroll on a screen in the tapestry room: "I wanted to show you something again - the Prime Minister begins by addressing the young tennis player by first name - because at that point we were all like that, motionless...".
"How nice to experience that moment", replies the Italian tennis champion, who extends the Tricolore with the prime minister. "The Italy we like: capable of believing in itself and reacting in the face of difficult challenges.
And to win.
Thank you for the example you set, Jannik, to sports lovers, to our young people and to Italy as a whole", writes Meloni, posting the video on social media.
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