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Jannik Sinner in shock career change as three-time Grand Slam winner, 23, releases single with Andrea Bocelli

Sinner not the first tennis star to launch musical side-hustle JANNIK SINGER Jannik Sinner in shock career change as three-time Grand Slam winner, 23, releases single with Andrea Bocelli JANNIK SINNER has swapped tennis swinging for tenor singing with his shock new music collaboration. The world No1 tennis star, 23, has proven his ability with a racquet in hand. Advertisement 6 Jannik Sinner is releasing a song with Andrea Bocelli Credit: Instagram 6 The promo video dropped on Thursday ahead of Friday's launch Credit: Instagram 6 The tennis star is hoping to hit the notes - not the nets Credit: Instagram 6 Polvere e Gloria translates as Dust and Glory Credit: Instagram But now he will be hoping his shock new venture with Andrea Bocelli is anything but a racket. That is because the top male singles player has dropped his very own... single. The Australian Open and US Open champion - who served a controversial three-month doping ban earlier this year - has linked up with Italian compatriot and world-famous opera singer Bocelli, 66, to release their track. The celebrity duo's duet Polvere e Gloria - which translates as 'Dust and Glory' in English - will be released on Friday, with a teaser video featuring the pair launched on Thursday. Advertisement READ MORE TENNIS NEWS GOOD TO KIA AGAIN Retired Wimbledon champion, 29, resurfaces in viral ad with Rafael Nadal Sinner says in the short clip: "In our lives there will be many first times... all you need to do is be yourself." And the three-time major winner will be hoping he smashes it rather than double faults as he aims to hit the notes... not the nets. Sinner follows in the footsteps of fellow tennis players Yannick Noah, Lorenzo Sonego, Denis Shapovalov and Corentin Moutet by releasing music - with the others having mixed levels of success. Bocelli, meanwhile, memorably sang at Leicester City's 5,000-1 Premier League title coronation for his friend Claudio Ranieri - and then made a surprise cameo on Match of the Day last month to bid Gary Lineker farewell. Advertisement CASINO SPECIAL - BEST CASINO BONUSES FROM £10 DEPOSITS But tennis fans could barely believe the Sinner and Bocelli link-up was genuine. One said: "I was confused for a moment, this is not AI I guess." Carlos Alcaraz parties in Ibiza following French Open triumph Tennis stars' new careers PLENTY of tennis stars have stayed involved in the sport since retiring. But others pursued very different careers. Here are some of the best… I reached French Open and Wimbledon finals as a teenager but I quit to become a nun I won Wimbledon mixed doubles with my sister but got fed up with English weather so now run luxury B&B I was tipped for stardom aged 12 but retrained to become high-flying lawyer I earned £9m and won French Open before setting up bistro with Brazilian model girlfriend I'm last Frenchman to win Roland Garros, now I'm singer with six albums hitting No1 in charts I'm former world No1 but quit aged 29 - instead I went on to play professional poker and golf I was destined for the top but swapped lobs for labs as award-winning Harvard physicist Another wrote: "Wait this is real?! I need to sit with this for a bit." Advertisement A third added: "Jannik you truly suprise us." And a final user replied: "Not on my 2025 bingo card." Sinner suffered heartache in the epic, five-hour-29-minute French Open final as he lost to Carlos Alcaraz in dramatic fashion. The No1 seed took the opening two sets then had three match points in the fourth set before the Spaniard's sensational comeback. Advertisement Sinner will be hoping to get revenge at Wimbledon where they could meet in another final - but Alcaraz is going for a hat-trick of grass-court crowns. 6 Sinner will be hoping for success on the grass this summer Credit: EPA