The world's No. 1 brother Sinner showed an excellent sportsman's spirit: he accompanied the opponent who fell and injured himself at home and handed him a towel

On the 12th local time, the world's No. 1 brother Sinner showed an excellent sportsman's spirit, not only defeating the Dutch dark horse De Jong 6:4, 6:2, and reaching the top 16 of the men's singles of the 2025 Rome Tennis Masters. The tournament's top seed from Italy also received enthusiastic applause from the crowd for his warm companionship and assistance after his opponent slipped and injured himself in the tournament.

Sinner (left)

In the 5th game of the second set, De Jong rushed to the net but accidentally fell hard, resulting in a contusion of his right wrist lying on the ground, Sinner immediately stepped forward and knelt down on one knee to comfort, until the medical staff assisted De Jong to get up to the sidelines for treatment and bandaging, Sinner not only picked up the racket for the opponent ranked 93 in the world men's singles and wiped the red clay, and even handed a towel, the heart-warming act was widely acclaimed, and the king of the ball who continued his 23-game winning streak across the season said after the game: "Everyone saw that he was injured, De Jong is a good player and a good person, I hope the injury will not be too serious, I wish him all the best. ”

Sinner is back after a three-month ban and will face Argentinian rivals Francesco Cerundolo in a bid to avenge his defeat in the Italian capital in 2023 after returning to the ATP 1,000-point Masters tournament at home.