Polemic over Sinner: the unexpected reaction did not please everyone.
Last year, she had sold out even before the time of the holiday season struck, as per the calendar. She had not yet won a Slam. And he had been, yes, this close to winning the Nitto Atp Finals, only the cup, at the end of the day, had fallen to Novak Djokovic. Yet despite being still a long way from becoming world No. 1, Jannik Sinner was already the champion of the heart for so many Italians.
So much so that the Italian fans, in fact, had sold out relative to a gadget that had gone, in the truest sense of the word, like hot cakes. The news having spread, everyone had set off for a certain destination to procure the desired object. An authentic treasure hunt that had perfectly rendered the measure of how much the South Tyrolean was appreciated in the Bel Paese.
Again this year, needless to say, that souvenir is going fast. It is Jannik Sinner’s nativity figurine, which since last year has been depopulating San Gregorio Armeno, the Neapolitan neighborhood that has made the nativity tradition its hallmark. And who knows if the masters, prescient, will have doubled production this time, in light of the success last year of this gadget, which has already become a real must-have.
Sinner’s unexpected reaction makes the rounds on social
And those who think it is irreverent to put a shepherd who looks like Sinner, and wears the same clothes as him, near the Nativity, a stone’s throw from the Archangel Gabriel and the Magi, on their way to the manger, are wrong. After all, if you think about it, there is something “divine” even in Jannik himself, if only because of the way he plays.
“Do you know that you are the most present Nativity figurine in Naples?”
“I was looking forward to it, look…”
Simply Jannik pic.twitter.com/pNzgaEo5La
– Janniksin_Updates (@JannikSinner_Up) November 17, 2024
This is not, in any case, the point. The point, if anything, is that blue, this time, may have angered someone. Connecting with Fabio Fazio on Channel Nine, the world number 1 and winner of the 2024 edition of the Nitto Atp Finals was shown images of the statuette dedicated to him. The reaction, in truth, was not what we would have expected.
“I was looking forward to it, look…” the San Candido champion commented wryly, when the host pointed out to him that Pastor Sinner is the statuette currently most found in the stores of San Gregorio Armeno. The news did not excite him, or so it would seem, but so be it. That he likes the tree more than the crib?