ROME, June 20, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - Tennis star Jannik Sinner has turned his hand 
to music releasing a duet on Friday with the renowned Italian tenor Andrea 
Bocelli.

The song, "Polvere e Gloria" (Dust And Glory), features three-time Grand Slam 
champion Sinner, not singing but repeating parts of his winning and losing 
speeches, which he recorded at Bocelli's studio in Tuscany.

"I am very happy and honoured to be part of this project with Andrea, who for 
30 years has been a unique and extraordinary voice, a flag for our country in 
the rest of the world," said world number one Sinner.

"I could never have imagined hearing my voice in one of his songs. It's 
extremely moving."

Sinner won the US Open in 2024 and the Australian Open in 2024 and 2025, 
among 19 ATP titles. He finished runner-up in the French Open on clay at 
Roland Garros this month.

The track features both Italian and English lyrics.

The accompanying video shows Sinner and Bocelli, two of the most famous 
Italians in the world, in a bucolic countryside setting, seated at a piano. 

The video features personal and archive images from the duo's childhoods, 
along with scenes filmed as they collaborated at Bocelli's estate.

While Bocelli, 66, has performed at major events including the Olympic Games 
and the World Cup, Sinner is the first Italian to top either the men's or 
women's singles world rankings in tennis.

His image as a national hero in Italy, however, was tarnished by a high-
profile doping scandal involving accidental contamination, which, after a 
lengthy series of events, earned him a three-month suspension between 
February and May. 

Since his return, Sinner, 23, has reached the finals of the Masters 1000 in 
Rome and the French Open, losing both times to his great rival Spaniard 
Carlos Alcaraz. 

On Thursday, he was defeated in the second round of the grass-court 
tournament in Halle, Germany, by Kazakh Alexander Bublik, ranked 45th in the 
world.