"Sinner responds with results and silences everyone"

Angelo Binaghi, President of the Italian Tennis Federation, reviews a season full of successes and analyzes the possibility of Rome becoming a new Grand Slam.

Raquel Bermúdez Rodríguez | 28 Dec 2025 | 12.26
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"Sinner responds with results and silences everyone." Photo: Getty
"Sinner responds with results and silences everyone." Photo: Getty

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Italy has once again become one of the strongest countries in the world in this tennis season, especially with Jannik Sinner who has once again fought for practically all the major trophies. The country closed the season in the best possible way: by conquering the Davis Cup in Bologna.

Angelo Binaghi, president of the Tennis Federation in Italy, talked about all the tennis news that the country has been involved in, such as the possibility of turning Rome into a fifth Grand Slam, and also confessed that there may be certain conflicts with the ATP Finals.

"I hope there are no more complications. In recent months, we did not have a legal basis to guarantee the regular celebration of the Italian Open. It was a risk. Everything was clarified thanks to the Minister of Sports, Abodi, and the Minister of Economy and Finance, Giorgetti, with whom we resolved the matter.

Now we have to talk about the finals. The finals are not ours, but the ATP's. The decree poses a series of problems for the management of this successful event. I trust that this obstacle will also be resolved through dialogue by 2026," Binaghi revealed about the ATP Finals and those bureaucratic problems in an interview with Libero.

Tennis, a sport on the rise in Italy

"Sinner conquering Wimbledon, Paolini triumphing in Rome... The numbers speak for themselves. The number of members is relatively insignificant, although ours has doubled in three years, last year it was 1,085,901, compared to the 1,121,495 football players. It is the number of players that is exciting: our tennis and padel players, according to the latest Nielsen data, amount to 6,237,000 and are reaching the level of football: 6,533,000. Five years ago, the difference was 39%."

The role of Jannik Sinner

"He responds with results and silences everyone. Let certain cheap commentators talk and write. We knew Jannik as a child, the tennis player, but also the child. He deserves a statue. I hope he will be at the next Davis Cup. In any case, we have shown that we can win the Davis Cup even without the best player in the world. It's a unique moment."

Rome: A possible fifth Grand Slam?

"I think three requirements must be met to achieve a fifth Grand Slam and keep it forever: top-level Italian tennis, which we have achieved, international credibility - we have an Italian as the President of the ATP, Andrea Gaudenzi - and state investment which, even so, would be significantly lower than that of Milan/Cortina. The schedule of the works indicates that the 2028 edition will be played in renovated and covered facilities."

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