“It’s a game that keeps you fit, that makes you enjoy getting up in the morning,” 2006 World Cup winner Totti, 46, said.
‘The Golden Boy’ retired in 2017 after setting Roma appearance and goal scoring records.
“It’s the first time I’ve played padel, and I think you could tell,” Alto Adige-born star Sinner, 21, who is into the last 16 of the Rome tennis championship, said.
Thousands of fans watched the match, in which Sinner only played three games and in which the Roma great and the tennis player were accompanied by established and more recent padel stars.
Youngsters chanted Totti’s name and nicknames including Er Pupone (The Big Baby), singing “there’s only one captain” and “Roma, Roma, Roma”.
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