Pope Leo IV is a tennis player. Stefanos Citsipus would be happy to hit some balls with him

Rome – It was suitable that after the selected Pope Leo fourth, the Italian Open Tennis tournament was playing from the Vatican to the right road.

Because tennis is the game that the first American pope prefers to play.

“I consider myself a very amateur tennis player,” Chicago-born Augustine Missionary Robert Privost Leo Peru said in a 2021 interview with the Augustine order after taking charge of Vatican’s powerful dicster for Bishops several years later as a missionary.

Leo added, “Since leaving Peru, I have had a few events for practice so I am looking forward to returning to court,” Leo added. “This is not that this new job has given me a lot more time for it so far.”

Rome has made a one -year long outdoor game in the Mediterranean Climate Climate Tennis, and there are courts throughout the capital, Leo will probably have less time to play now that he is the Pope.

However, the Greek Pro Stefanos Tuttisipus, who was ranked high at number 3, said he would be happy to hit some balls with Leo if he found the time.

“Why not?” Citsipus said when asked for the Associated Press after winning the second round match. “I feel like these national images that may probably teach people things. … I feel lucky that I was here when it was announced.”

When Leo was selected and then the Vatican was introduced, the first round tennis matches were played in Foro Italico.

An image of Leo was shown on the Campo Central scoreboard during the change in Jacob Fernley’s victory against Fabio Fagnini. And on the outer walls of the stadium, a jumbo screen was tune in a news channel by covering the new pope announcement.

Leo’s brother says the new pope is also a fan of Chicago White Sox Baseball team.