Jannik Sinner is still regaining his focus on the tennis court after his three-month doping ban. The top-ranked player overcame a brief lapse during the first set of a 6-4, 6-2 victory over Dutch qualifier Jesper De Jong in his second match back on tour at the Italian Open on Monday.

Jannik has kept Zverev and Carlos Alcaraz behind despite missing three months of action and four Masters 1000 events. Thus, he will celebrate a notable milestone next week.

I need this,” the world No. 1 said of the tough run Francisco Cerundolo gave him in Rome. “Today I felt I raised my level.”

Top-ranked Jannik Sinner passed a big test in his return from a three-month doping ban by beating accomplished clay-court player Francisco Cerundolo 7-6 (2), 6-3 to reach the Italian Open quarterfinals.

After Pope Leo XIV’s election, information has come out at rapid speed about the new pontiff: He went to Villanova. He has Creole ancestry. He watched Conclave before entering the conclave. He plays Words with Friends with one of his brothers daily.

Jannik Sinner confirmed he and fellow tennis player Anna Kalinskaya have broken up during a press conference at the Italian Open on Monday, May 5 following his three-month doping suspension.

Sinner was asked in his post-match news conference about the pope following his 6-4, 6-2 victory over Dutch qualifier Jesper De Jong at the Italian Open, which is being played just up the Tiber River from the Vatican.

The Italian champion's next opponent in Rome is Jesper de Jong, who defeated Alejandro Davidovich Fokina in the previous round to overturn the odds against a player who was having an excellent season so far.

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Plastic sheets cover the field during a thunderstorm prior to the start round of sixteen match between Jannik Sinner and Argentina’s Francisco Cerundolo at the Italian Open tennis tournament in Rome,

Jannik Sinner came through the first true test of his comeback from a doping ban with Tuesday's straight-sets win over Francisco Cerundolo, which took the World No. 1 into the Italian Open quarterfinals.