Sinner is king, but Italy is absent from Wimbledon: "Why is there no one from the government?"

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Sinner is king, but Italy is absent from Wimbledon: "Why is there no one from the government?"

Sinner is king, but Italy is absent from Wimbledon: "Why is there no one from the government?"

Yesterday, politicians rushed to social media to celebrate Jannik Sinner's historic triumph at Wimbledon . A flood of images and words celebrated the victory. Yet, in London, at the temple of tennis where that triumph had just taken place, there was not a trace of politicians or institutional representatives . This absence was evident when the defeated Carlos Alcaraz , at the end of the match, was able to thank King Felipe VI of Spain for his support from the stands, while Sinner had no one to turn to. The President of the Republic, Sergio Mattarella, had other commitments, as did Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni , the Minister of Sport Andrea Abodi , and the new president of the Italian National Olympic Committee, Luciano Buonfiglio . Only the ambassador to London , Inigo Albertini, was at the stadium, but this certainly did nothing to quell the outrage that poured out on social media.

The protests under the profiles of Meloni, Salvini and Tajani

Almost no one is commenting on the Quirinale's social media, while those of the three center-right leaders, Meloni, Salvini, and Tajani, are flooded with bitter comments. Some consider this absence the "usual disgrace," while others, while thanking Meloni for celebrating Sinner's victory, are puzzled by the question: "Why wasn't anyone from the government there? We made a fool of ourselves." Especially because, as many point out to the prime minister, this government "always talks about homeland, nation, and so on... but then only shows up on social media."

The harshest comments were reserved for the Minister of Sport, who, however, is not very active on social media and limited himself yesterday to a statement to news agencies. Even center-left leaders were implicated—from Democratic Party secretary Elly Schlein to Five Star Movement president Giuseppe Conte—though, in their case, the comments sounded more like a call to hold the government accountable for the lack of institutional representation at Wimbledon.

Renzi's precedent

Some, however, are also reminded of the controversy that engulfed then-Prime Minister Matteo Renzi in 2015, when he flew to New York to attend the all-Italian women's final of the US Open between Flavia Pennetta and Roberta Vinci. Renzi was joined by the president of the Italian National Olympic Committee ( CONI), Giovanni Malagò, and the president of the Italian Tennis Federation, Angelo Binaghi. Despite this, many on social media criticized Renzi for taking too much of a "prominence."

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