Jannik Sinner showed his true colors with his reaction to the annoying fall of Jesper de Jong at the Italian open.
The World No. 1 was confronted with the Dutch star in the Round of 32 When he hit the clay.
De Jong, 24, hurt himself when he tried to reach a shot from Sinner close to the net.
He could be seen who held his wrist and rolling around the clay pain.
De Jong’s clothes were covered with the clay while he got help.
But the first to help the star was opponent Sinner, who had done that jumped over the net.
The Italian squatted next to him to ask if he was in order and wore his racket off the field while De Jong ran away.
Sinner23, even ensured to wipe the clay out of the grip of the racket.
He also gave a towel to De Jong so that he could clean up on the sidelines.
De Jong was able to see the funny side when he asked Sinner: “Do you also have a new shirt?”
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Fans greeted Sinner’s sportiness while responding at the moment social media.
A posted: “Sinner is a total real class, feel sorry for Jesper.”
A second wrote: “Sportiness at its best.”
A third noticed: “He is a class act, has always been.”
A fourth said: “Sinner is a total class act. I love how he cleaned Jesper’s racket for him.”
Another added: “This kind of friendliness is not something that you can falsify.”
Sinner finished the game as the winner after two sets 6-4 and 6-2.
De Jong was able to keep following a medical time out with his wrist heavily tied up.
He will now record the 17th seed Francisco Cerundolo in the round of 16.
Sinner was defeated by Cerundolo at the same stage of the Italian Open in 2023.
Sinner said: “He is a great player, he has a great season so far.
“It will be difficult. I should definitely increase my level.
“It will be a good challenge, a good test for me and we will see how things are going.”
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