Italian tennis star Jannik Sinner is on top of the world after beating Carlos Alcaraz at the 2025 Wimbledon Championships yesterday, July 13, 2025. Sinner, who grew up in the South Tyrolean village of ...

Jannik Sinner’s First Sport Was Skiing. It’s Helped Him Play Fearlessly in Tennis. Sinner, 19, has caught the attention of the tennis world with his quick ascent up the singles rankings.

Sinner makes a good point. A Novak Djokovic forehand isn't really that scary when you compare it to let's say slamming into a pine tree while skiing super-fast down a hill.

Jannik Sinner's career so far can be defined by the choices he made and the freedom he had to make them. From when he was a kid growing up in the German-speaking area of the Italian Dolomites and ...

At one point, Sinner thought he would be taking those steps in skiing. He won an Italian championship when he was eight and placed second in nationals at 12. “So I was really good,” Sinner said.

His immediate goal is to become No. 3. “I’m taking it one step at a time,” Sinner explained. At one point, Sinner thought he would be taking those steps in skiing.