"I don't think anything has changed. Having a girlfriend is something that makes you feel good or makes you feel bad. I want it to be something that seems very natural, that enters my life normally. I can't allow myself to change as a player or as a person. This hasn't happened, that's why it works."
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With these words Jannik Sinner described his love story with Anna Kalinskaya: words (probably misinterpreted) that have annoyed a segment of tennis fans, who have attacked the young Italian for not having respect for his girlfriend. On X, many comments have arrived: a user saidJannik doesn't deserve to be with the Russian, or how he's as soulless as his robotic tennis, as another fan wrote.
These comments came after an interview of the ATP No.2 with Esquire UK, in which the interviewer asked the young Italian what Anna had added to his life. The fact that Jannik essentially said that Kalinskaya had not brought any changes, unleashed the fans. A strange thing is that often - as reported by some media - Anna stops following Jannik on Instagram, only to follow him again. It is not known whether these are arguments and then clarifications or if there are problems with the accounts, but many fans have fueled hypotheses. What is certain is that at the moment Jannik follows Anna and the Russian follows the Italian.Some Russian media, as reported by Italian media La Repubblica, talk about a crisis between Sinner and Kalinskaya, considering that the Russian is not in Turin these days to follow her young boyfriend.
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The relationship between the Italian and the Russian had first exploded over an alleged meeting in Turin at the end of 2023, then the official announcement of their love story arrived in 2024. During the press conference after the victory at the French Open against Christopher Eubanks, the Italian had clarified the situation, underlining how he didn't like to talk much about his private life but that he and Anna were a couple, specifying that he kept everything confidential. Sinner had decided to close this gossip but specifying that he wanted to put an end to the rumors about his private life. Jannik has always been a very private person and even about the previous story with the influencer and model Maria Braccini he always wanted to maintain great confidentiality.
