Long before Italy lifted the Davis Cup trophy again, Jannik Sinner had already sensed the ending. He was not in Bologna. He wasn’t the one hitting the last winning ball. Yet when Italy celebrated its third consecutive triumph, the moment felt like confirmation of something Sinner had known all along.

The hint came from Angelo Binaghi , president of the Italian Tennis and Padel Federation, who smiled after the win and said, “As always, Jannik was right once again.” It made everyone wonder how Sinner had sensed what was coming so clearly, which brings us to what he said before the event even began.

Before Davis Cup, when Jannik Sinner was asked about the team, he praised the team by saying it is “an incredible team even without me, and the thing I don’t like is that no one talks about

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