Jannik Sinner left us one of the most curious images of the first day during his match against Denis Shapovalov in the first round of the tournament.
In the second game of the third set and with a serve for Shapovalov, Sinner was preparing to subtract when he noticed something on the ground before picking it up with his racket and it turned out to be a cockroach. Then he showed it to the chair umpire to his amazement and that of the rest of the fans subtly pushing her off the track and shaking their hands afterwards.
The episode was shared by the official Australian Open account, which joked with Sinner's action. “Do you need to control a plague? Call Jannik Sinner.” A nice gesture from the young Italian tennis player, who is called to do great things in the world of tennis in the coming years.