Who is Mark, the brother of Jannik Sinner chusted as a joke by the champion: “He preferred to see Formula 1 in Imola”

When Jannik Sinner He thanked his family at the end of the final lost in Rome on Sunday afternoon he did not remain on the vague. He wanted to make a joking punctualization that made the Italian Forum laugh. “Thanks to my family and a special thanks to my brother who rather than being here is in Imola to see Formula One” He said number one in the world of tennis making the mother also dissolved in a smile who, notoriously, suffers during the games and in the semifinal he had gone to take a walk on the Lungotevere.

That there is a great relationship between the brothers has been known for some time. Sinner has repeatedly said that the older three -year brother has always been a confidant. Mark was born in Rostov on Don in 1998 and was adopted by the Sinner when he was nine months old. He works as a firefighters instructor in Bolzano, a job chosen for passion. Like the whole family, it has a key trait in confidentiality.

When Jannik won the Australian Open for the first time he did not even manage to see him well on TV. Mark was not present because he was busy as Head of the Health Security Service of the Women’s Alpine Ski World Cup in Cortina d’Ampezzo. Instead, he was in Australia for the 2025 tournament and with the whole family he followed the Finals in Turin in full won last autumn from the number one in the world.

Very few his statements by Mark who called herself more peaceful, at least as a child, of his brother. “The relationship with Jannik is normal, I imagine how that of most brothers,” he told the Alto Adige newspaper in 2023, “it happened that we clearly quarreled, but we made peace immediately. We played tennis, I tried at least. For a few years I managed to keep up with him, then he took off the flight and it was impossible even just to exchange us. On the pitch, like outside, he has always been a very calm boy. Like mom and dad, after all ».

In the past he said: «I am used to not seeing him at home, but when he comes back he is beautiful we go to walk in the mountains, with mine and his friends, all the locals. And when we can also play golf. Every week of the year is busy between training and tournaments, so we try to keep up to date on the phone almost daily ». This year, due to the disqualification, Jannik spent more time with his family and probably also with his brother.