“It was obvious that Kalinskaya would be blamed for Sinner’s Withdrawal”: they don’t like it in Russia
In Russia they didn’t take kindly to the fact that Anna Kalinskaya was involved in the affair of Jannik Sinner’s withdrawal from the Paris Olympics.
The subtle poisons instilled by the media and social networks in Italy on the absence of Jannik Sinner at the Paris Olympics, after the withdrawal of the world number one – just two days before the opening ceremony of the Games – due to tonsillitis, have arrived all the way to Russia, where they don’t accept the comparison, let alone the cause-effect link, between the 22-year-old South Tyrolean’s lump sum and his relationship (which would be ‘distracting’) with Anna Kalinskaya. Unfortunately, everything has been read about in recent days, making something as normal as a clean love, which saw the two boys take a few days of holiday in Sardinia after Wimbledon, almost a fault.
The attacks on Sinner for the holiday in Sardinia with Anna Kalinskaya
Crazy attacks, as if getting tonsillitis had to do with two kisses and a caress or with a nice bath in the sun, when in fact recharging the batteries every now and then is definitely useful, especially if your name is Sinner, you’re ‘sick’ at work and training, you never give up and above all you bring home historic results, never seen before for Italian tennis. Obvious things, but not for the always open tribunal of social media, and yet it is also surprising that even some of the leading Italian media have queued up to ride this stuff.
Anna’s defense from Russia: “It was obvious that they would blame her”
In Russia they understandably didn’t take well to the fact that Anna Kalinskaya was involved in this affair (who was already at Sinner’s side during his imperious climb to first place, so wasn’t it a source of distraction?) and it made us thought the former Russian tennis player Svetlana Kuznetsova, already number two in the world and winner of Roland Garros and US Open, to say how ridiculous it is to put together things that have nothing to do with each other: “It was obvious that Anna Kalinskaya would be blamed for the Jannik Sinner’s refusal to participate in the Olympic Games. Because it is obvious: the girls of famous players are in the spotlight the most.”
“Paula Badosa, Stefanos Tsitsipas’ girlfriend, is also constantly criticized. And here everything is aggravated by the fact that Jannik is now number one in the world, he has a strong rivalry with Carlos Alcaraz and Anna appeared in Sinner’s life only recently The haters will blame her for any failures of the tennis player. The Internet is already full of articles, in Italy they post photos of the couple with mocking captions: ‘This is Sinner’s tonsillitis’. I have also seen comments that Jannik has retired from the Olympics in support of Anna: they say that her country was oppressed at the Games and he is taking revenge for her. It’s completely senseless, of course,” Kuznetsova continued.
The comparison with Alcaraz: “He went to Ibiza and everyone was quiet…”
“Speaking of criticism of Sinner and his holiday in Sardinia, after Roland Garros Carlos Alcaraz went to Ibiza, where he partied, drank alcohol and, in a word, celebrated a great victory. Then he won Wimbledon and all the critics they kept quiet. And then Jannik went on holiday with his girlfriend and got sick. Well yes, this happens. Why do people care where and how he rests? Had Carlos not won Wimbledon, would people still remember Ibiza? him? The athlete is free to choose his own holiday time. From personal experience I know how sometimes a break is necessary, even to the detriment of tennis”, concluded the former Russian tennis player.
