Anna Kalinskaya personally decided to shut down a rumor that appeared in Italian media as the Russian tennis star called “fake news” on reports of Jannik Sinner asking her to marry him.
During the weekend, an Italian paper dropped a huge rumor, indicating that the recent US Open champion may have proposed the 25-year-old WTA star during his run in New York.
To no one’s surprise, the news quickly became big within Italian media and it didn’t take long before international media also picked it up.
But according to world No. 14 Kalinskaya, that was nothing other than an attempt to gain some clicks.
“To clarify things about fake rumors: this is not true (laughing emoji),” the 25-year-old wrote on her Instagram Story.
Kalinskaya supported Sinner at the US Open
Although the Russian’s run at Flushing Meadows ended relatively early since she lost in the third round, she stayed in New York to support her boyfriend. Moments after the ATP world No. 1 sealed a win over Taylor Fritz to improve to two Grand Slams, he and his girlfriend shared a kiss on the court.
Since Sinner is known as a private person, that public came as a bit of a surprise and one Italian…
