Jannik Sinner wanted to tell his mom, Siglinde Sinner , not to watch his Wimbledon final against Carlos Alcaraz from Centre Court, all thanks to superstition. Sinner was afraid that he would lose the match because of her presence.

Siglinde’s various reactions while watching her son play during tense moments have often gone viral. She sometimes even leaves the stand when it becomes unbearable. When Sinner squandered a match point in the fourth set in the Wimbledon final, Siglinde covered her face. She prefers watching the 24-year-old’s matches on TV instead of going to the stadium.

She always told me, ‘I don’t want to be in your box, but if you make it to the final of a Slam in Europe, I want to be there.’ At first, I laughed and said, ‘It’ll never happen anyway.’ Then I made it to t

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